was 2,888 visits per day, with a standarddeviation of 1,038 visits, a maximum of 5,377 visits and a minimum of 610. Notice that one ofthe main reasons of the high variability is due to the Easter Week (spring break), denoted by (A)on the graph, and summer break, (B) on the graph. This behavior was surprising because in mostLatin American countries the academic year runs from January to December, and there are only afew weeks of break during the summer. This shows that some of our users comes fromSpanish-speaking people residing in countries outside of Latin America.In order to segment our population depending upon country of residency, we also collected thecountry and city from which users were accessing our website. Figures 4 and 5 show the
heat is continuously transferred to the engine at a rate of 100kJ/second. What is the maximum possible rate at which the engine could possibly produce work? A) 100kJ/s B) Nearly 100kJ/s C) Significantly less than 100kJ/s”.A less conceptually based version of the same question might read: “Compute the thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine working continuously with a heat source at 300ºC and a heat sink at 25ºC.” While it is crucial that students develop an accurate understanding of engineeringconcepts, it is also true that typical lecture-based classroom instruction has been shown to have alimited impact on conceptual understanding in technical areas. For example, in a large meta-study of physics students
AC 2012-4065: ACCESS AND DEFINITION: EXPLORING HOW STEMFACULTY, DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND UNIVERSITY POLICY ADMIN-ISTRATORS NAVIGATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARENTAL LEAVEPOLICYMr. Corey Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette Corey Schimpf is a Ph.D. student in engineering education with interests in leveraging virtual environ- ments for learning and using sociological thinking for human centered design.Ms. Marisol Mercado Santiago, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University Alice L. Pawley is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program and the Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineer- ing at Purdue
AC 2012-3855: USING CONTENT ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE STUDENTINQUIRY-BASED LEARNING: THE CASE OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSPREPARING FOR A CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITIONDr. Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University Julie A. Rursch is currently is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. She will graduate with a degree in computer engineering with a focus on secure computing. Her research includes a unique approach to critical infrastructure modeling which provides emergency planners and first responders with resilient and flexible critical infrastructure evaluation in the face of non-recurrent, disruptive events. Her approach creates a new paradigm for modeling critical
participatinginstitutions. 100% of those who responded) said their institution offer courses in Software Engineering. From this group 42% (13) offer a B.S. degree in Software Engineering, 13% (4) offer a B.S. degree in Engineering with Software Concentration, 32% (10) did not offer a B.S. degree with Software Engineering in the title, and the remaining 13% (4) offered a variety of options. Of the 13 respondents that offer a B. S. in Software Engineering 46% (6) offer this degree through their Computer Science Department. 39% (5) offer this degree through an engineering department, and 15% (2) offer this degree through departments other than computer science or engineering
% 0%Figure 8. Concepts that students struggle with in the first MEB course for 2010-2011 asreported by instructors.Chemical engineering programs are likely to use this course for ABET outcomes assessment.The fraction of reporting programs using this course for ABET a-k outcomes is shown in Figure9. Page 25.703.11 (a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, (b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data, (c) an ability to design a chemical
, Network- based infrastructure for distributed remote operations and robotics research. Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on, 1993. 9(5): p. 702-704.2. Aktan, B., C.A. Bohus, L.A. Crowl, and M.H. Shor, Distance learning applied to control engineering laboratories. Education, IEEE Transactions on, 1996. 39(3): p. 320-326.3. Ma, J. and J. Nickerson, V., Hands-On, Simualted and Remote Laboratories: A Comparative Literature Review. ACM Computing Surveys, 2006. 38(3): p. 1-24.4. Lowe, D., S. Murray, L. Weber, M. De la Villefromoy, A. Johnston, E. Lindsay, . . . A. Nafalsk. LabShare: Towards a National Approach to Laboratory Sharing. in 20th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering
theory, intrinsic motivation, and thelearned helplessness model into the comprehensive “cognitive-motivational” model 8.Butler further develops the extension of motivational theory to teacher motivation withachievement goal theory. This theory, as Butler applies to teachers, is comprised of fourachievement goal factors: 6, p. 242 “(a) learn, develop, and acquire professional understandings and skills (mastery orientation); Page 25.283.3 (b) demonstrate superior teaching ability (ability approach); (c) avoid the demonstration of inferior teaching ability (ability avoidance); and (d) get though the day with little effort (work avoidance
effectiveness of the course contents and their placements in the framework. Bibliography 1. Armburst, A. Fox, R. Griffth, A.Joseph, R.Kaltz, G. Lee, D. Patterson, A. Rabkin, and M. Zaharia. “Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing”. http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS 200928.pdf 2. Escalante, B. F. (2010). “Cloud Computing Fundamentals”. In Handbook of Cloud Computing. Springer link. 3. Delic Walker. “Emergence of the academic computing clouds”. ACM publications, August 2008. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1414664 4. M. Chowdhury. “Cloud Computing: Facts, Security, & Challenges.” http://www.aipath.com/mchowdhury_law447b.pdf 5. Dias Marcos, Alexdandre, Buyya. “Evaluating the cost
addition, further research into the feeling of inclusion and how first-year minority engineeringstudents’ feeling of inclusion is shaped is needed. The authors plan to pursue a qualitative studyusing techniques such as interviews and observations to understand how these students sense ofbelonging is shaped.References 1. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (2010). Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America’s Future. 2. Bandura, A. (1989). Social Cognitive Theory. Annals of Child Development, Vol. 6, 1-60. 3. French, B., Immekus, J., Oakes, W (2005). An Examination of Indicators of Engineering Students’ Success and Persistence. Journal of
2.5 3 2 2 0 <1 1 3 2 0 <1 1 4 5a 2 2.9 0b Notes: a includes one resubmission; b three were partially correctNoticeably fewer women submitted attempts to challenges, and women only submitted attemptsfor the fourth challenge. Women initiated only 12% of submissions even though approximately21% of the Institute’s engineering population is female and at least 25% of the post survey groupconsists of women.The post survey contains five free response questions included to understand participants
, China: Retrieved from http://english.gov.cn/chinatoday/2006-02/23/content_208193.htm9. Weihua, C. (2011, June 14). Real picture of Sino-Latin american relations. China Daily. Retrieved from http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2011- 06/14/content_12687969.htm10. Haynes, B. & Berlowitz, P. (2011, July 29). Embraer stock jumps on margins, sales view. Retrieved from http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/29/embraer- idUSN1E76S0OW2011072911. Goldstein, A. (2008). A Latin-American global player goes to Asia: Embraer in China. International Journal of Technology and Globalisation, 4(1), 56-69. Retrieved from Page
AC 2012-3771: DEVELOPING A SMALL-FOOTPRINT BIOENGINEER-ING PROGRAMDr. Alisha L Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alisha Sarang-Sieminski is an Assistant Professor of bioengineering at Franklin W. Olin College of En- gineering. Her research interests include how cells respond to and influence chemical and mechanical aspects of their surroundings and how people respond to and influence the schemas and power dynamics in their surroundings.Prof. Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Debbie Chachra is an Associate Professor of materials science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engi- neering. Her engineering education research currently focuses on self-efficacy in first-year
AC 2012-3849: A CLASSROOM DISCUSSION OF APPLIED ETHICSYilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Louisiana State University. He is currently the Coordinator of the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas, San Antonio.Dr. Suat Gunhan, University of Texas, San Antonio Suat Gunhan received both his bachelor’s of architecture and master’s of science in architecture degrees from Dokuz Eylul University, and a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Illinois Institute of Technol- ogy. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Construction Science and Management program at the University of Texas
AC 2012-3588: A VERSATILE PLATFORM FOR TEACHING MECHA-TRONICSDr. Thomas R. Consi, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Thomas R. Consi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, with a joint ap- pointment in the School of Freshwater Sciences and the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His researches focuses on the development of new and novel marine robots designed to operate in challenging environments. He is also keenly interested in engineering education and involves many UWM engineer- ing undergraduates in his research projects as well as teaches mechatronics in the UWM Department of Mechanical Engineering
AC 2012-4985: SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS APROCESSMs. Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Marissa R. Jablonski is a Ph.D. student of civil/environmental engineering at the University of Wiscon- sin, Milwaukee (UWM). She serves as Program Coordinator of the National Science Foundation (NSF)- funded FORTE (Fostering Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Engineers) program at UWM and works to re- cruit and retain undergraduate minorities and women to UWM’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Jablonski is focusing her dissertation on sustainable oxidation of textile wastewater and is working to create small-scale wastewater treatment units for cottage textile industries. She trained at
AC 2012-3799: FROM THE INDUSTRY TO THE STUDENT: PROJECTMANAGEMENT OF AN INDUSTRY-SPONSORED MULTIDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONE PROJECTMr. Jacob T. Allenstein, Ohio State University Jacob Allenstein graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.Sc. in aerospace engineering and is currently in pursuit of a M.Sc., while working as a Research Associate at the Ohio State University.Dr. Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University Clifford A .Whitfield graduated from the Ohio State University with B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering and is currently working as a Lecturer-B.E. and a Senior Research Associate for the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and the Engineering Education Innovation Center’s
survey could then be given tofuture courses and compared to the results of the survey presented in this paper.References[1] Chinowsky, P., Brown, H., Szajnman, A., & Realph, A. (2006). Developing knowledge landscapes through Page 25.1287.11project-based learning. Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Issues and Practice, 132 (2), 118-124.[2] Hauck, A. and Jackson, B. (2005). Design and Implementation of an Integrated Construction ManagementCurriculum. Associated Schools of Construction International Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference, 71-82.[3] Kelting, S. (2011). Students’ Perspectives about a Delivery System for a
students will believe “one of their own” anddetermine that if he or she could make it in engineering at a four-year college, then so can they.Future research will include learning more about the attitudes and myths that the students mayhave about engineering, the engineering curriculum, what engineers do, and how they relate toan engineering career.References Page 25.413.11 1. Thevenot, B. (2010, February 2). Most Community College Students Never Graduate. The Texas Tribune. Retrieved from http:/www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/…/print. on 3/12/12.2. Garcia, M. (2012, January 18). Simon calls for improving
Conference, Savannah, GA., 2004.5. Lesh, R., Hoover, M., Hole, B., Kelly, A., and Post, T., "Principles for developing thought-revealing activities for students and teachers," Handbook of Research Design in Mathematics and Science Education, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 591-645, 2000.6. Yildirim, T.P., Shuman, L., and Besterfield-Sacre, M., “Model-Eliciting Activities: Assessing Engineering Student Problem Solving and Skill Integration Processes,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 831–845, 2010. Page 25.1428.18
. Figure 3. Twiddle Factors. 2Substituting, an xn x n N 2 and bn xn xn N 2 20into Eq. 17 and Eq. 18 respectively, yields N / 2 1 X ( 2m ) a( n )W N nm 2 21 n 0 N / 2 1 X ( 2m 1 ) b( n )W N n WNnm
post- quizzeson parts of a citation, the reading quiz, and slides for this session as well as links to the LibGuidecreated for this class, a “Basic Guide to MLA Documentation”, a Citation Builder, a citationlocator, and electronic reserves with directions on logging on. Week eleven included the pre-and post- quizzes on intellectual property (see Appendix B), the reading quiz, slides for thissession as well as links to the LibGuide created for this class, electronic reserves with directionsto log on, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO patent search page, USPTOClassification page, and an additional “folder” which contained links to patent image websites.(For a full listing of links see Appendix C.)ResultsThe three content modules
enableimmediate localized hands-on exploration of STEM education principles, devices, and systemsthat have historically been restricted to expensive laboratory facilities. a Page 25.943.2a Hardware/software platforms are now readily available from a variety of sources including RPI’s Mobile StudioI/O Board and similar products developed by National Instruments® and Digilent®.Notable among these is the Mobile Studio learning platform developed at RPI. b A typicalexperimental configuration for a mobile studio based activity is shown below. The laptop, USBcable and Mobile Studio I/O board and Desktop Software provide the necessary
impact. It follows from analysis, therefore, that increasing the dropheight increases the energy that is dissipated during impact [15,24].Similarly, from the relation between linear impulse and linear momentum, the vertical impulsethat acts on the particle during impact is given by [1-6] ∫ ⃗ (⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗)where the subscript “a” stands for ‘after impact’ and “b” stands for ‘before impact’. Hence, ta isthe time immediately after impact and tb is that immediately before impact. Similarly, Va is thespeed immediately after impact and Vb is that immediately before impact. Since energy isconserved during the free fall of the ball before the impact occurs and is conserved again duringrebound of the ball after
need to be addressed. If administrators, developers, andtechnologists are more aware of faculty and student concerns with current online coursedelivery methods, then they can focus their efforts to develop and improve the mosteffective tools for online engineering courses. This is a key first step to expanding theimplementation of online education in engineering.Bibliography1 Parsad, B. and Lewis, L. (2008). "Distance Education at degree-granting postsecondary institutions: 2006-2007. First Look." (NCES 2009-044).2 Allen, I. E. & Seaman, J. (2006). "Making the Grade: Online Education in the United States, 2006."3 Allen, I. E. & Seaman, J. (2008). "Staying the Course - Online Education in the United States 2008."4 Tabata, L
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Rubric sub-dimension.The students were also required to give written feedback in response to eight prompts associatedwith the three MEA Rubric dimensions (APPENDIX B). The written feedback was collectedthrough a series of textboxes. The Mathematical Model dimension had five textboxes, the Re-Usability & Modifiability dimension had two textboxes, and the Share-Ability dimension hadone textbox to complete. The explanations of required focus for the peer feedback within thethree dimensions follow. Page 25.1323.5For the Mathematical Model dimension, the students were required to write feedback concerningthe degree to which the teams’ math model
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