but each design problemincludes some bounds and structure that helps clarify the problem. Based on our personalexperiences with formulating design problems in our research and in our teaching, we havefound that well-formed design problems include at a minimum the following three components:(a) brief context about for whom and for what purpose a solution is needed, (b) a statement ofthe need that specifies the functional requirements and constraints on acceptable solutions, and(c) a description of the goal, including the general instructions and criteria to use in evaluatingideas. Although the three components may not be the only way to organize design problemstatements, we have found them to be consistent with design texts,28,29 as well as
extraction of raw materials to their return to the ecosphere as “waste”-from birth todeath. Figure 1a is a schematic of the start of an inventory analysis – an example of theidentification of the main resources and emissions for a washing machine. (a) (b)Figure 1. (a) The material life cycle and the principal resource emissions associated with thelifecycle of a washing machine (b) Rational approaches to the eco-design of products start withan analysis of the phase of life to be targeted.11, 12Figure 1b above suggests how the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) strategy can be implemented. Ifmaterial production is the dominant phase, then the logical way forward is to choose materialswith low
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Digital II 2.4 A B C D F W Performance Level in Corresponding Course Number of Students 300 Number of Students in Group 250 200 CTSS 150
λ= (14) 2 ziwhen the data from the computer experiment is substituted into (25) the predicted spacing∆xi = 5.04 cm which is in agreement with the null to null spacing shown on Figure 4.Section 4 B Example: Fourier Application Plane waves of a Sound Field for Acoustic-Optic Page 24.804.8ApplicationsTechnically any device for which an electrical signal is used to modify or modulate an opticalsignal is an electro-optic device. Nonetheless many optical engineers would reserve the termonly for those devices for which the electric
. Page 24.861.10 Bibliography1 House, W. (2012) Engage to Excel.2 http://prosperity2020.com/the-vision/3 Lighty, J., C. Barnhart, C. Whitaker, and J. Coleman, 2004. University of Utah College of Engineering Hi-GEAR:Girls’ Engineering Abilities Realized. Proceedings of the 2004 WEPAN Conference, Albuquerque, NM.4 Sinkele, CM 2011, 'The Effectiveness of Engineering Workshops in Attracting Females into Engineering Fields: AReview of the Literature', Clearing House, 84, 1, pp. 37-42, Professional Development Collection, EBSCOhost,viewed 11 March 2014.5 Zurn-Birkhimer, S., & B. Holloway (2008), A summer camp program to introduce girls to opportunities inengineering. Women in Engineering
firm or a constructioncompany, when commencing a project, to create a project charter as set forth in PMBOK5.Ignoring this component likely will not affect the development of a project management plan.II. Overview of CE ManagementA. Course DescriptionAn overview of ECE4243 Civil Engineering Management Practices (CE Management) is acomponent of the Course Purpose Document9 (see Appendix B): The purpose of ECE4243 is to provide an overview of the concepts and standards of project management practices in the construction industry. The course introduces students to the five project management process groups: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing. Students analyze and evaluate various
, and the Graduate ResearchFellowship.Bibliography1. S. C. Douglas, “The INFINITY Project: Digital Signal Processing and Digital Music in High School Engineering Education,” in IEEE Workshop on the Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, New Paltz, NY, 2001.2. A. M. Batula, B. G. Morton, R. Migneco, M. Prockup, E. M. Schmidt, D. K. Grunberg, Y. E. Kim and A. K. Fontecchio, "Music Technology as an Introduction to STEM" in Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2012.3. Y. E. Kim, A. M. Batula, R. Migneco, P. Richardson, B. Dolhansky, D. Grunberg, B. G. Morton, M. Prockup, E. M. Schmidt, and J. Scott, “Teaching STEM Concepts Through Music Technology and DSP,” in Proceedings of the 14th IEEE Digital
asking the audience questions present a complex example problem utilizing some of the concepts just discussed give students some time to work the problem quickly go over problem solutionSome examples of shorter problems presented by students during the review include thefollowing: Assume that there is a wind blowing at 8 m/s and a Hummer is traveling at 32 m/s. a) How much power is used to oppose the drag force when driving with the wind? b) How much power is used to oppose the drag force when driving against the wind? Your dog sticks his head out of your car window when you are driving 35 mph. What is the maximum pressure on his nose? (assume STP conditions)Some examples of longer problems
students each in Fall 2013. The course is interdisciplinary, with chemical,civil and environmental, electrical and computer, and mechanical engineering majors in each 2section. The course met twice a week during the 15 week semester: a 50 minute “lecture” and a160 minute laboratory session. The purpose of the course was three-fold: (a) help students makea good transition to college; (b) introduce students to engineering; and (c) prepare students forthe engineering curriculum by teaching them basic skills.The online portion of the course was implemented using PathFinder, an active website created atthe University using html, asp.net, c#, JavaScript, and pathML, a PathFinder specific markuplanguage
an effort to morethoroughly and accurately assess whether, from the student perspective, the course is meeting itsstated goals.IX. Bibliography1. S. Gupta, A. Khatkhate, A. Ray, E. Keller, “Identification of statistical patterns in complex systems via symbolic time series analysis,” ISA Transactions, vol. 45, issue 4, pp 477-490, October 2006.2. H. Djikpesse, P. Armstrong, R. Rufino, A. Hawthorn, “Reducing uncertainty with seismic measurements while drilling,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 59, issue 1, pp 4-14, January 2010.3. W. Mei, B. Xu, “The application of automatic test equipment in designing spare parts,” AUTOTESTCON IEEE, pp 267-274, Salt Lake City, UT, September 2008.4. S. Jiusto, D. DiBiasio
kind of interaction with people and objectslikely to result in deep learning of STEM concepts and practices. Engagement is productive tothe extent that conceptual or practical progress on a problem is made over time. Finally,engagement is disciplinary when students use the discourse and practices of a specific STEMdiscipline in their work together.If Engle and Conant’s conjecture is accurate, the STEM learning environments that we describein this paper should foster productive disciplinary engagement by supporting “(a) problematizingsubject matter, (b) giving students authority to address such problems, (c) holding studentsaccountable to others and to shared disciplinary norms, and (d) providing students with relevantresources.”6 The pull of
and correct. The solutionspresented during the second study session were not as complete and contained more areas whereeither the groups could not find a solution or had an error in their solution. The resultingdiscussions were much richer and involved more of the students. Page 24.1135.5In order to make it possible to implement SBL asynchronously and online, we have integratedChemProV with OSBLE, an online learning management environment developed in priorresearch.15 OSBLE supports three user interfaces: (a) student; (b) instructor; and (c) moderator.Students can submit problem solutions (using ChemProV) to be reviewed through the
…… Generation m Sim1&2 OH2 Sim1&2&3 OH3 Sim1&…&m OHm (A) Proposed interactive probabilistic risk simulation process Parameterization Generation Sim 1 OH1 Sim 2 OH2 … Sim n OHn (B) Traditional Monte Carlo simulation process Fig. 1 Interactive Monte Carlo simulation versus traditional Monte Carlo simulationFor each parameterized variable, n random numbers (n=number of simulation trials) are generatedtogether at one time, which becomes a random number tuple (RNT) for sub-simulations (whiletraditional method generates only one random number at one time). The time needed for eachsub-simulation
(figure 9), which represents a scaled-down simulated disaster scenario, tofind and rescue victims. The main structure of the arena is pre-defined but its internalstructure, position of victims and other aspects are unknowm before each rescue run. Thisleague has three sub-leagues, RCJ Rescue A and RCJ Rescue B briefly introduced next, andRCJ CoSpace Rescue introduced later on. Page 24.852.8RCJ Rescue A is organized in primary and secondary age categories (table 2) and thetechnical challenge is based on line-following strategies to navigate through the respectivearena where debris and obstacles are scattered, possibly blocking the line. In 2013, a
, Carmen M. Math Wars A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Rowen and Littlefield Education, 2005.[4] Pierce, C. E., Gassman, S.L., Huffman, J.T. “Environments for fostering effective critical thinking ingeotechnical engineering education (Geo-EFFECTs)” European Journal of Engineering Education, 3(3), 281–299,2013.[5] Wiggins, G. and McTighe, J. Understanding by Design 2nd Edition. Association for Supervision and CurriculumDevelopment.[6] Anderson, L.W., Krathwohl, D. R., Eds. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision ofBloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Longman, N.Y., 2001. [7] Caicedo, J.M., Pierce, C.E., Flora, J.R.V., Timmerman, B., Nichols, A.P., Graf, W. and Ray, “EngagingStudents in Critical Thinking: An
of the points for each exam focused on qualitative aspects and the other half on quantitative.The following percentages were used for student grading. !"#$% % % % &'(% #)*+%,-./)01$% % &'(% 23456547*8%,-)$)31*15.3% &'(% 9:*+$%;&?@)"-1%#&$%4')"3%3"/-"#-'1%3$4'+3,$A%-1,)+/-12%#&$%,&"3",#$3-B"#-'1%'0%4')"3%3"/-"#-'1A%#&$% 7.6 1.5."3-'+4%"12)$4A%/"#"%,'))$,#-'1%"1/%+4$=>?@)"-1%&'(%#&$%."3-'+4%#*@$4%'0%4')"3%#&$3;")%,'))$,#'34A%#&$-3%0$"#+3$4A%"1/%-/$1#-0*%#&$-3
universities and civic engagement—A leadership agenda Providence, R.I. National Campus CompactColby, A. Ehrlich, T., Baumont, E., & Stephen, J. (2003) Educating Citizens: Preparing America’s Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic Responsibilities, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-BassErickson, J., & Anderson, editors (1997) Learning with the Community, Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Washington, D.C. American Association for Higher Education.Eyler, J., & Giles, D. (1999) Where is the Learning in Service-Learning? San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.Jacoby, B. (1996) Service-learning in today’s higher education. In B. Jocoby and Associates. (Eds.) Service-Learning in
weeks), that met once a week for 2hours and 45 minutes. I. Course Objectives: In particular, having successfully completed the course, students will be able to: a) Create organized and theoretically effective syllabi b) Articulate correspondences and differences between education theory and education practice c) Perform peer reviews of other instructors and constructively discuss their performance d) Productively reflect on teaching practices to improve student learning and class environment e) Draw on classroom experiences to develop useful formative assessments f) Develop a teaching portfolio that articulates and illustrates the student´s teaching philosophy II. Syllabus: Following are the
Engineering Curriculum DesignTraditionally curriculum, the organised set of content and activities, is the means bywhich universities achieve the teaching objectives. Reviewing the literatureSivaloganathan [7] identified the influencing factors for Engineering Education as (a) Page 24.759.3country’s requirements (b) attitudes and skills that are required by engineers for beingeffective in the field (c) areas of employment open for engineering graduates (d)attributes specific to developing countries (e) attributes specific to developedcountries (e) accreditation requirements and (f) international developments. Out ofthese attributes specific to developing
important to recognize that the content of everyconstruction class may not be appropriate for all of the online tools. Online exams and quizzesmay present major challenges for numerical and application oriented classes. However, onlinediscussion boards are appropriate tools for all classes as long as the content and responses aremaintained in a timely manner.References1. Johnson, B. T., and Gunderson, D. E. (2010). "Educating Students concerning Recent Trends in AEC: A Survey of ASC Member Programs." Associated Schools of Construction Annual International Conference, and CIB Workgroup 89, Associated School of Construction, Wentworth institute of Technology, April 2010
in Revolutionary BrazilPSI was developed by the head of the Psychology Department at Columbia University, Fred S.Keller. Keller was a close friend and colleague of the renowned behaviorist, B. F. Skinner.Between 1928 and 1931, Skinner and Keller were part of a group of young Turks in Harvard’sPsychology Department who, as PhD students, dared to challenge the dominant introspectiveapproach in American psychology. Influenced by Freudian psychoanalysis, but keeping an arms-length from it, American academic psychologists embraced an introspective approach that stoodat one end of the spectrum of the mind-body dualism defined by Descartes. Riding on the crest ofthe historic rise of the experimental sciences, the behaviorists—Pavlov, Thorndike
videotaped for future study and assessment.ConclusionThe authors plan to continue to develop and evaluate new expert witness role play scenarios andformats to maximize the potential benefits of this pedagogy within the specific needs andconstraints of different educational environments. The formative assessment of the expertwitness role play approach appears promising, but it did not capture learning outcomes orcomparisons with other approaches to teaching engineering education. Creative professorsshould be able to adopt this technique to teach engineering ethics within a realistic, engaging,and involving way.Bibliography1. Brummel, B. J., Gunsalus, C. K., Anderson, K. L., & Loui, M. C. (2010). Development of role-play scenarios forteaching
relaxation. Faculty andstaff volunteers interacted with groups during the activity and emphasized the intersection of Page 24.809.9medicine and engineering as a recurring theme in BME.Fig. 4: Some of the commercially available EEG measuring devices and electrode setup. a IMECWireless EEG b. StatNet Disposable EEG c. Neurosky Mindwave d. MicroEEG e. Emotiv f.NeuroFocusMiniaturization, Microfluidics and Lateral Flow Assay ActivityAn important thrust in medical devices is miniaturization and personalization. Glucose sensorsare an excellent example of this trend where the diagnostics are taking place at the point-of-care.One area where this trend has
Paper ID #8611Educating Engineering Educators to Nurture 21st Century Indian EngineersProf. Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma Farrokh Mistree holds the L. A. Comp Chair in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly motivated and talented people to learn how to define and achieve their dreams. Farrokh received his B. Tech (Hons) degree in Naval Architecture in 1967 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of California
in Fall 2013 included: (a) Parallel Thinking (b) Lateral Thinking (c) Diversity of ThinkingThe revised course learning objectives when the course was taught in Fall 2013 were as follows: (i) Detailed understanding of sections involved in putting together a business plan (ii) Getting an in-depth analysis of identifying and understanding the target market (iii) Evaluating the intellectual property associated with their product and also the worth the IP associated with the product (iv) Understanding of how the IP can increase the value of your company as part of your exit plan (v) Comprehending what a lean startup is and its relevance to entrepreneurship in the 21st century (vi
mindset and design thinking).Coding of Student ReflectionsDuring K-WIDE, students were asked to reflect in written, oral and graphical forms for approx-imately 20 minutes per day. As the reflections occurred between the pre and post surveys, theyprovide a way to observe growth during K-WIDE. Here we focus our results on the graphical re-flections, where we used methodologies from social networking 52,53 , as shown in Figure 3. To Page 24.837.12code for structure (Figure 3 A,B and D), matrices were created that reflect the network structureof the diagram. Once in matrix form, several network measures were applied 52 . These measuresTable 3
employing multiple projects anddifferent project types is challenging, but maintains student interest during the course since thestudents are working on something they are interested in. This is confirmed by the studentfeedback, and successful project results from most of the projects. Spring 2014 semester is notcomplete. However, student performance from the previous two semesters can be reported andwere excellent. In Spring 2013, Out of the 29 who took the course, 25 students (86%) receivedthe letter grade “A” while the remaining (14%) students earned “A-“ as shown in Figure 6. Asimilar pattern occurred in Fall 2013 as shown in Figure 7. Out of the 37 who took the course, 31(82%) students received “A”, 4 students (10%) “A-“, 2 students (5%) “B
Paper ID #9182Counter Current - Perspectives from My Move to the Corporate World fromAcademiaDr. John C Oliva, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation Dr. John C. Oliva has had a diverse career spanning the fields of academia and industry. John spent the first half of his career teaching mechanical engineering as a fulltime faculty member, first at Kettering University and later at Grand Valley State University. He then transitioned to the corporate world where he has spent the more recent half of his career as a professional engineer. John currently works as an engineering analyst at Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation. His
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