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(natural numbers, rational number, or an irrational integers, rational numbers, and number. irrational numbers). b. Construct a real number line as b. Understand what is meant by a well as plot points and intervals Performance one-dimensional space. on a real number line. Task No. 1 c. Understand the relationship c. Represent sets on the real between
building Page 22.355.7(Figure 2 a, b, c, d and e). This example clearly illustrates the need for construction engineers to understand the dynamicnature of the interacting elements from a complex systems point of view. However, currentconstruction engineering and project management education lacks a synthesized tool to teachstudents the complex interactions among multiple engineering systems. Recently on‐site completed stockpile apartment building
specified, designed and their performance be measured against a reference model.The outcome of the implementation of this development platform should be aa stable OFDMreference system that will allow the students to interact at different levels of abstraction b; toobtain a vision of a whole modern digital communications system and c: to understand how thechanges made by them could have an impact on the overall system performance. Further reportsand assessments will be generated once the platform is completed and under assignment todifferent courses. The experience of a real implementation will allow the students to separate thetheory from the implementation and to evaluate the real effects on an algorithm’s hardwareimplementation.Advantages
). American Society for Engineering Education. 3. Hanford, Bethany, “Engineering for Everyone,” American Society for Engineering Education, PRISM, December 2004. American Society for Engineering Education. 4. Nocito-Gobel J., S. Daniels, M. Collura, B. Aliane, “Project-Based Introduction to Engineering – A University Core Course,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference (2004). American Society for Engineering Education. 5. E. Garmire, Dartmouth College, Private Communication, (2009). 6. Hudson, C., “Innovations in teaching, learning and assessment,” IEE Intern. Symp. on Engineering 7. Malave, C., Belhot, R. V., Figueiredo, R. S. “New questions about learning styles
Faculty Mentoring. The University of Rhode Island, 2007. Web. 29 Sept. 2010. .11. Hacker, B., Dong, W., Lucero Ferrel, M., (2009). Using Mentoring as a Catalyst for Change. American Society of Engineering Education 2009 Annual Conference and Exposition.12. Homer, and W. H. D. Rouse. The Odyssey. New American Library, 1949.13. "How the Mentoring Program Works." UMPACE: Partnership for Comprehensive Equity. The University of Montana, 2008. Web. 23 Sept. 2010. .14. Ineffective Mentoring. University of Arizona.15. Kanter, Rosabeth M. The Change Masters: Innovations for Productivity in the American Corporation. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983.16. J. Karlin, and A. E. Surovek. "When Critical Mass Is Not an Option
each of thefollowing questions. a. ______________________ b. ______________________ c. ______________________Rate the members of your team (including yourself) for each of the following statements. You do not need to write theindividual names for each question, but make sure the letter for each individual corresponds to the letter for the individualidentified above (keep the same order). 1) Followed all of the agreed upon rules. (1 to 5: 1 strongly disagree –– 5 strongly agree) a. _______ b. _______ c. _______ 2) Attended lab(s) for this assignment. (Yes or No) If no, indicate how much notice was given to team members. a. _______ ________How much notice
concludes. Thisnot only erodes the integrity of evaluation within an academic program, but also has seriousconsequences for the team as well: experience shows that simply having to cope with a non-performing team member can actually result in more stress and effort for the team than if thatteam member were not present at all. Ultimately, nothing erodes team morale faster thanworking overtime to make up for a poorly performing teammate, only to receive exactly thesame evaluation. Thus, development of reliable mechanisms for (a) quickly detecting anddealing with internal team problems, and (b) adjusting individual credit given for team productsbased on actual effort invested by each individual is crucial in any team project context
reasons for attending a Midwestern university, as well as informationregarding course learning, and experience with faculty. Transfer experiences were alsohighlighted in the survey. Three open-ended questions asked the transfer students to a) describethe factors that assisted in their adjustment to a Midwestern university in an Engineering major,b) describe ways the community college could assist in their adjustment and transition to aMidwestern university and c) describe advice they would give to other community collegetransfer students? Themes emerged regarding student experiences.Sample. The target population for this study is taken from a larger study focusing on theacademic and social adjustment of community college transfer students in STEM
address: (a) length and (b) key acquisition Construction - - The tool must reach a minimum length of 23” Page 22.715.4 - The tool must fit into the opening of the box 4.5” x 4.5” - The tool must be sturdyConstraints: Stated/Explicit – Use the materials presented Unstated/Implicit -Limitations of the materials -Limitations of the box dimensionsSolution Paths: The materials presented for the task allowed for multiple ways of acquiring the
set, the researchers created a coding scheme that included four main categories todescribe the data (see Table 1). Using this coding scheme both researchers coded eachparticipant’s response at the same time. This procedure allowed the researchers to resolve anydiscrepancies during the coding process. Page 22.553.3 Table 1. Coding scheme.Category Category description Subcategories a. Construction related activitiesEngineers in Types of work that b. Oil related activitiesaction engineers perform c
the team to use the schedule as a tool rather than a paperwork exercise. Another concern we had with adding the SEM student was that the engineers may come to think that the management tasks (schedules, costs, etc) are only the job of SEMs, not engineers. We emphasis throughout the course that this is a key responsibility of all engineers in the “real world.” b. Nail down requirements. Defining the requirements and translating them to measurable technical specifications is usually the most challenging phase for our students. The teams that have had trouble completing their projects successfully are usually the ones that never get their requirements specified and committed in
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class room has allowed students to modify the work space configurationto meet the needs of the team.Each of the three class rooms dedicated to the course has a central area for lectures in addition tothe work stations for the student teams. The lecture areas, while fine for lecturing to 25 to 30students, are completely inadequate for lectures to the entire class of 72 students. As a result,lecture given to the entire class of 72 students have been delivered in either (a) larger university Page 22.943.4lecture halls that require advance scheduling and that are not always available, or (b) more oftenin one of the three classroomsresulting is
AC 2011-270: EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE - TRAINING MID-DLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS IN ALTERNATIVE ENERGYLiping Guo, Northern Illinois University Liping Guo received the B. E. degree in Automatic Control from Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China in 1997, the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Auburn Uni- versity, AL, USA in 2001 and 2006 respectively. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the Technology Department at the Northern Illinois University. Her research and teaching interests are mainly in the area of power electronics, renewable energy, embedded systems and automatic control. Dr. Guo is a senior member
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achieving stated objective.Effectively these levels correspond to grades on a specific evaluation tool, with level 1 beinggrades of “D” or “F,” level 2 a “C” grade, level 3 a “B” grade, and level 4 an “A” grade. Anassessment score for each Performance Criteria is computed by ACTS. These scores (as well asthe percentages in each level) form the main set of numerical metrics that are used todemonstrate achievement of each Program Outcome. Examples of student work are alsocollected to support this evaluation and are stored in a course folder. Figure 2 depicts ascreenshot from ACTS showing quantitative scores entered for EECE352 (ComputerArchitecture) for spring 2006. For each of the 3 performance criteria assigned to that course, theevaluation tools
Pasteur pipette (Sigma Aldrich)Procedure 1. 100 ml of de-ionized water is placed in a beaker with a stir bar and placed on a stir plate. 2. 50 dye loaded alginate beads are placed into beaker and stirring begins. 3. Absorbances of water-dye solution are measured every 10 min: a. 2 ml of solution are removed using a Pasteur pipette and placed in cuvette b. Absorbance is measured at the appropriate wavelength (for red dye use 504 nm) c. Solution is returned to the beaker after measuring absorbance (to maintain a constant volume) 4. Absorbance values are measured over a 2 hour period. 5. Trials are run simultaneously to investigate the effect of drug loading and surface area on the release rate
completedall of the work successfully.Acknowledgements:This course was made possible by a grant from the Denny family. We are grateful to Dr. BridgetDuoos and the University of St. Thomas Health and Human Performance department forallowing the class to use their motion analysis equipment and software. Data presented in thispaper was taken by students M. Drabek, P. Roczniak, W. Besser, M. Bush, D. Landberg, C. Olin,B. Turek-Krengel, J. Portmann, and E. Willenbring.Bibliography 1. Williams, James H. Jr. (1996). Fundamentals of Applied Dynamics. Wiley Press. 2. http://www.pasco.com 3. Schleihauf, R. (2004). Biomechanics of Human Movement. AuthorHouse. 4. http://www.dartfish.edu
11:30-12:00 Campus tour 12:00-1:00 Lunch: Pizza party 12:20-12:45 Assessment with parents 4:00-5:00 Assessment with faculty and mentors Page 22.669.5 (a) (b)Figure 1: (a) Numerical (Excel) and (b) Physical demonstration of a structural period of vibration.2.) Relate the period of a building to the expected deformations and accelerations during an earthquake event. Once students grasp the concept that structures have a period of vibration and behave differently during earthquakes, the remainder of the workshop
identity by maintaining constant awareness of any information posted about them online. Students can then decide if it is necessary to take action against a particular piece of content, such as asking a friend to remove a photograph from a Facebook album.4.2.Monitor online traffic. Students who create an online portfolio or blog should make use of Google Analytics to track data about website traffic. With this tool, they can: a) see the number of site visitors and their geographic distribution; b) track the effectiveness of social media cross-links to bring visitors to the site; and c) identify keywords that bring visitors to the site. Students can use these insights to increase and maintain website traffic by tweaking the
). Page 22.853.2Ashford (2004) discussed major challenges to engineering education in relation to sustainabledevelopment. With this overarching theme, our reform has taken a multi-pronged approach intwo main areas that include implementing: a) a sequence of three systems courses related toenvironmental and transportation systems that introduce systems thinking, sustainability, systemsanalysis and modeling; and b) service-learning (SL) projects as a means of practicing the systemsapproach. Details of this reform can be found in Dewoolkar et al., (2009a, b, and one inrevision), Hayden et al., (in revision), Lathem et al., (in revision) as well as our website:www.uvm.edu/~sysedcee.The creation of three interconnected systems courses was critical for
outcome was measured in two ways.Firstly, a learning survey instrument was used (See Appendix B). Secondly, a standardassessment based on examination results was used. A control sample consisting of a previousclass taught by the same instructor was used. The control sample size was also 12 students;approximately 50% of the annual student population of the course as with the experimentalsample.The exams consisted of the same problems for both samples and were graded by the same graderwith the same style and standards. In the authors’ opinion, the experimental group did not haveaccess to those same exam problems given to the control sample. If the experimental group hadaccess to the exam problems (which would also imply that the ideal solutions
have them on when hestarted at the top of the slide. The attention to detail shown by the students will serve them wellin their course and future engineering jobs. a. b. Figure 3. Screenshots of a video made of an at home experiment (a. and b.) and the course related problem derived from the video (c.).Pilot 5: Engineering Estimates and Material and Energy BalancesThe chemical engineering curriculum traditionally begins with a course in material and energybalances, as it does at the Colorado School of Mines. The majority of the students (~75%) havealready completed the Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics course discussed previouslywhile the rest are taking thermodynamics co-currently with material and energy balances. Thestrong emphasis
development and enhancement.” Proceedings of the ASEE AnnualConference & Exposition, Austin, TX, June 14-17, 2009.[7] McDonald, D. and P. Duesing. “Laboratory development in power generation, conversion,and dissipation.” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City,Utah, 2004.[8] Furman, B. J., F. Barez, J. C. Wang, P. Hsu, P. Reischl, and T. R. Hsu. “MechatronicsEngineering laboratory development at San Jose State University.” Proceedings of the ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997.[9] Rosato, A. D., Ian S. Fischer, Jonathan Luke, Rajesh N. Dave, Robert Pfeffer, and DorisYacoub. “On laboratory development for a Curriculum in Particle Technology.” Proceedings ofthe ASEE Annual
simulation directly. These components need to be representedby the simulation tool, which is called modeling. This section details the Simulink2 model of allcomponents in the motor control system.2.1 PMDC Motor ModelingA PMDC motor is shown in Fig. 2. The equivalent circuit diagram of the PMDC motor is shownin Fig. 3, and includes the armature resistance Ra , armature inductance La , back electromotiveforce (emf) e a , and motor inertia J m . The DC voltage source va and mechanical load inertia J Lare shown in Fig. 3. The motor and load friction are Bm and B L , respectively. Theelectromagnetic torque is Tem , load torque is T L , and motor speed is . N Armature
to compare experimental and control years: overall average, pre-APonly average, regulars only average, by grade distribution (Letter grades of: A,B,C,F) and all ofthe above excluding those who did not turn work in to receive a grade. When determining significant versus non-significant t-test results some sub groups wereexcluded from being included in the results. The reason for this is that we felt even though someof these subgroups exhibited one or more significant results, the populations sizes were too smallto be considered for any serious evaluation in regards to the whole population size. The results ofthose very small subgroups (n ≤ 5) also exhibited a lack of variability and thus could not have t-test results ran on them. The
). Design and other types of fixation. Design Studies, 17, 363-383.[17] Christensen, B., & Schunn, C. (2009). Setting a limit to randomness [or: ‘Putting blinkers on a blind man’]: Providing cognitive support for creative processes with environmental cues. In K. Wood & A. Markman (Eds.), Tools for Innovation: Oxford University Press.[18] Linsey, J. S., Laux, J., Clauss, E. F., Wood, K. L., & Markman, A. B. (2007). Effects of analogous product representation on design-by-analogy. Proc. International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED, Paris, France.[19] Perkins, D. (1997). Creativity’s Camel: The Role of Analogy in Invention. In T. Ward, S. Smith & J. Vaid (Eds.), Creative Thought (pp. 523-528
Proceedings of the 12Th Annual International Symposium, INCOSE 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 28 - August 1, 2002.3. U. Gibson, E. Hansen, W. Lotko, L. Lynd, U. Osterberg, B. Sonnerup, C. Sullivan, and L. Wilson. "Interdisciplinary Core Curriculum Based on Engineering Systems." In 32Nd Annual Frontiers in Education, FIE 2002.4. D. Verma, W. Larson, and L. Bromley. "Space Systems Engineering: An Academic Program Reflecting Collaboration Between Government, Industry and Academia (Open Academic Model)." In Presented at the 59Th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 29 September – 3 October, 2008, in Glasgow, Scotland.5. A. Squires, R. Cloutier. “Evolving the INCOSE reference curriculum for a graduate program in systems engineering
, other factors wereinfluencing the validity of our hypothesis. The most prominent unexpected factor was that somewomen were pulled by a strong desire to pursue a vocation or passion that conflicted withengineering workplace persistence, such as teaching in K-12 or staying home with her children.We have named this phenomenon a competing vocation. Two other influencing factors arose toa lesser extent: persistence was sometimes affected by the degree to which the workplace metthe women’s a) need for relatedness and b) expectations for employees being encouraged to helpone another and/or the end customers (prosocial motivation). Thus, we found engineeringidentity to be an influential factor in the workplace persistence of degreed women engineers