Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicole Loock; Joan Dannenhoffer

improvedgroup development skills and study skills, as reported by surveys of students, faculty, and staff,are the preliminary results of the program. Along with the detailed STSC description, a review ofthe current retention research and the educational philosophies and models used to design thecourse is included. Based upon the qualitative results from the pilot and first full-scale offering,improvements that will be made in the future are described.I. BackgroundFreshman year dropout rates over the period from 1983 – 2001 at two-year and four-year publicand private institutions have ranged anywhere from 26% to 46.9% [1]. Despite much effort

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Theresa Jones; Jerold Jones; Gary Vliet; Philip Schmidt

carefully limited in scope to focus on a particular phenomenon or method of interest, and datais specified such that there is only one "right answer". Students have become acculturated to thishighly structured environment, which is not a good representation of real engineering. A primarygoal in this course is the integrated presentation of all the thermal-fluid disciplines, as well asothers such as materials, mechanics and economics, in a project which requires a "systems"treatment. This invariably requires computer modeling of the system to permit parametric analysisand tradeoff studies, both technical and economic. This task is alien to most students at the juniorlevel and many struggle with it, while others relish the challenge. After becoming

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Feldhaus

1360______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ APPENDIX 3 CONSENT FORMI agree to participate in the following study entitled “Authentic Assessment Using Student Portfolios.” Iunderstand that participation is voluntary.The following has been explained to me: 1. The identity of the Principal Investigator of this study: Charles Feldhaus, Ed.D. Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision Purdue School of Engineering and Technology Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis 2. The purpose and importance of this study; that it is conducted with a unique population, that it will greatly contribute to the limited research regarding the use of Student

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sasha Pasulka; Sandhya Pillalamarri; Milica Milovancevic; Michael Wagner; Meena Nimmagadda; James Adams; Anjali Gupta; Mary Anderson-Rowland

; Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationV. Engineering EncountersThe most unique and important aspect of our web site is Engineering Encounters, a role-playingsimulation of careers of women in science and engineering. The concept is similar to theextremely popular Oregon Trails; a simulation used by millions of middle school students in theirsocial studies classes to simulate pioneers traveling west in the 1800’s. Another good analogy isLife, a popular board game that has existed for over 40 years, in which players begin in collegeand play out events in their life, from marriage to children to career successes and failures.Feedback from all our different groups, including middle school girls

Conference Session

Innovations in the CHE Laboratory

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Willey; Ralph Buonopane; Deniz Turan; Alfred Bina; Guido Lopez

in place to alternate the flow sourcesand receivers depending on the results desired. Flow control is achieved by manipulating valveV6. This ½-turn valve has graduations from 0 to 180o in 15o markings that allow students to setthe valve at repeated positions.Two variations of sight glasses exist on the experiment. One sight glass, SG1, is empty andrepresents flow through a smooth tube. Its length is 36 inches and its internal diameter is 0.75inches. The other sight glass, SG2, is identical to SG1 except that it contains 8 elements of aStata-tube static mixer. The static mixer achieves mixing by repeatedly dividing thestreamlines via elements. Figure 6 is a photograph of the static mixer used in this work.Differential pressure measurements