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Teaching about New Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

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Tadeusz Majewski; sudhakar vadiraja

tests are performed by each student group. Plane strain fracturetoughness (KIC) is a materials parameter of considerable engineering significance. The AmericanSociety for Testing Materials (ASTM) has developed detailed procedures for determining KIC.Frequently, a standard compact test (CT) specimen is used to experimentally determine thefracture toughness of materials. The critical value of K at fracture is calculated using theexpression:KIC = (Pf/BW1/2) f (a/w) wherePf is the fracture load, B is the specimen thickness, W is the specimen width, and f(a/w) is acalibration function/correction factor. Variations of this procedure are recommended forpolymers, ceramics and very thin metallic wires where the considerations for loads, rates

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

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2004 Annual Conference

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Sara Ross; Patrick Giordano; James Blanck; Dona Johnson; Peter Jansson

Undergraduate Research on Sustainability: Campus Energy Analysis and Building Energy Audits Peter Jansson, James Blanck, Patrick Giordano, Dona Johnson, Sara Ross Rowan UniversityAbstractIn an innovative junior-senior engineering clinic course1-2 four Rowan University undergraduatestudents worked on a multidisciplinary project to learn first hand what sustainability challengesare and what it means to be a professional energy auditor. Their task was to find out why RowanUniversity led a group of 20 peer universities and colleges in energy consumption per squarefoot and to assist the university in meeting its sustainability commitment to the Governor'sOffice and

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Expert Advice on Instructional Methods

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Wankat

the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education Bibliography1. Grayson, L. P., The Making of an Engineer, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993.2. Grinter, L. E., (chairman), “Report of the ASEE Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education,” J. Engr. Educ., (Sept 25, 1955). Reprinted in J. Engr. Educ., 83 (1) 74-94 (1993).3. Wankat, P. C., “Educating Engineering Professors in Education,” J. Engr. Educ., 88, 471-475 (1999).4. Boyer, E. L., Scholarship Reconsidered, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, NJ, 1990.5. Barr, R. B. and Tagg, J., “From Teaching to Learning – A New

Conference Session

Course/Program Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Tolan; James Hurny

. Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 13(3), 165-176.Langham, B. (1994, Dec94). Hidden Costs. Successful Meetings, 43, 82.Marchese, T. (1991). TQM Reaches the Academy. AAHE, 44(3), 3-9.Rochester Institute of Technology. (2003). Institute profile, from www.rit.eduSloane, P., MacHale, D., & Dispezio, M. (2002). The Ultimate Lateral and Critical Thinking Puzzle Book. New York: Sterling Publishing Co.,Inc.Welsh, J. E., Alexander, S., & Dey, S. (2001). Continuous Quality Measurement: restructuring assessment for a new technological and organisational environment. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 26(5), 391.About the authorsLINDA A. TOLAN is Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the College of Applied Science

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Unique Laboratory Experiments & Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hyun Kim

anticipated result of the experiment. b) Students have a better chance of identifying the possible source of problems. c) Students can devise the proper procedure for their experiment. d) Students will have better data for logical interpretation of the resultsIn addition, students were also asked to present their new design and findings orally and bywritten reports to share the acquired knowledge to fellow students.III. Summary of ProjectsA design team consisted of three students. Four teams in one of the two sections of the courseoffered in the semester decided to choose the new assignment of redesigning. Each team selectedone of the previously mentioned experiments, 1-D heat conduction, radiation heat transfer,double-pipe heat

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Richards

moreabout technology National Research Council: National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.5. Massachusetts Department of Education, (2001) Massachusetts Science and Technology/EngineeringCurriculum Framework, Malden, MA6. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A. L., and Cocking, R.R. (eds), (2000) How People Learn: Brain, Mind,Experience, and School, Expanded Edition. National Research Council: National Academy Press,Washington, D.C.7. Thier, H. D. and Daviss, B., (2001) Developing Inquiry-Based Science Materials: a Guide for EducatorsTeachers College Press, New York.8. Brooks, J.G., and Brooks, M.G., (1999) In Search of Understanding: The Case for ConstructivistClassrooms. ASCD9. Dunn, S. and Larson, R. (1990) Design Technology: Children’s Engineering The Falmer

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Louis Frenzel

faculty.Solution 5: Four ideas proven to solve this problem are: a. Have faculty members with knowledge of specific topics teach other faculty in short informal sessions. b. Make sure faculty has access to all relevant industry magazines. c. Encourage faculty to pursue free on-line tutorials and other resources from professional societies (IEEE, ACM, ISA, etc.) and electronic companies. Page 9.1051.2 d. Seek out and encourage industry summer internships locally. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ismail Fidan

Technology before? Yes NoHave you ever seen or read anything on RP before? Yes NoWhat are the conventional manufacturing processes you practiced so far? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________What are the most important points in your RP projects? a) Short production time of the part b) Seeing the physical model in a short period of time c) Integration of CAD and RPWhere can you use RP in the future? _________________________________________________________Rate your satisfaction on your RP projects Low Moderate

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Recruitment and Retention

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Price

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering”2. Newberry, B., and Farison, J., “A Look at the Past and Present of General Engineering and Engineering Science Programs,” Journal of Engineering Education, July, 2003, pp. 217-224.3. Heydt, G., and Vittal, V., “Feeding Our Profession,” IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, January/February, 2003, pp. 38-45.4. Marble, D., et al, “Applying GIS Technology to the Freshman Admissions Process at a Large University,” http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc95/to200/p182.html, accessed December 20, 2003.5. Longley, P., Goodchild, M., Maquire, D., and Rhind, D., “Geographic

Conference Session

Forum for Nontraditional Engineering Programs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjay Raman

A Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Course With State-of-the-Art Technology Support from Industry Sanjay Raman, Adam S. Klein, Richard M. Svitek, Christopher Magnella†, Michael Clifford‡, and Eric C. Maass‡ The Bradley Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech 613 Whittemore Hall (Mail Code 0111), Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA Email: sraman@vt.edu † Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, Austin, TX ‡ Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, Tempe, AZI. Introduction:The dawn of the 21st century is witnessing a tremendous demand for wirelesscommunications and information

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

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2004 Annual Conference

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Kenneth Cox; Janice Bordeaux; David Caprette; Beth Beason; Ann Saterbak

technology.” National Research Council, Center for Science Mathematics, and EngineeringEducation, Convocation report, National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1996.[4] “Improving Engineering Design: Designing for Competitive Advantage.” National ResearchCouncil, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Academy Press,Washington, D. C., 1991.[5] Millis, B. J. and P. G. Cottell Jr. Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty.American Council on Education, Oryx Press, Arizona, 1998.[6] Hall, P. and L. Weaver. 2001. “Interdisciplinary Education and Teamwork: A long andwinding road.” Medical Education, 35(9):867-875. Page

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Programming Issues for Engineering

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2004 Annual Conference

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Paul Albee; Laura Dillon; Jonathon Oleszkiewicz; George Stockman

. Some students spend an unusual amount of time on programming projects orreceive too much help in doing the work. Moreover, inappropriate copying of code developedby others is also common.Written exams often provide the primary means for assessment in large introductoryprogramming courses. Unfortunately, it is difficult to determine how well questions on writtenexams correlate with programming skills. Exams in large introductory programming courses areoften multiple choice or short-answer. Such questions typically test knowledge of specificaspects of programming features, rather than ability to devise a solution and realize the solutionin code. Moreover, feedback from students indicates that they feel their performance on suchexams is not a

Conference Session

Creative Ways to Present Basic Materials

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

M.L. Meier

’ responses to questions about their experiences and expertise with spreadsheets and computers. Proceeding of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Page 9.771.6 Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education A. Ability to use spreadsheets to solving engineering B. Ability to handle data from experiments. problems. C. More likely to use spreadsheets in the future. D. Totals from student responses to all questions about specific

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dara O'Neil; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

absence of a College ofEducation, and given an institutional culture prioritizing scholarly research, institutions such asGeorgia Tech often do not have a long history of systemic faculty involvement in the K-12educational community. However the current national focus, initiated by public fundingagencies such as the National Science Foundation, encourages academic scientists and engineersto shoulder some of the responsibilities for the quality of science, technology, engineering andmathematics (STEM) education at the K-12 level, and to do this by developing university-K-12“partnerships.” Unfortunately, given the vast cultural differences that exist between universitiesand K-12 schools, these partnerships too often flounder, never managing to

Conference Session

Experience with Experiential Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Adam McGough; Coral Nocton; Ken Patton; Ismail Fidan

Trainer” Workshop was a great success since it helped allattendees have solid hand-on RP experience. Some of the adaptations andimplementations accomplished by the TTU team have presented in this paper.Bibliographical Information 1. K. A. Higley and C. M. Marianno, “Making Engineering Education Fun,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 90, n.1, pp. 105-107, January 2001. 2. B. G. Davis, Tools for Teaching, Jossey-Bass Publishers, p.100, 1993. 3. M. O. Haggler and W. M. Marcy, “Strategies for Designing Engineering Courses,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 88, n. 1, pp. 11-13, 1999. 4. https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/servlet/showaward?award=0311586 5. http://ecoleing.uqtr.uquebec.ca/geniedoc

Conference Session

Technology-Based Entrepreneurship Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hsu Tze Chi; Han Bee Shan

chance to participatein operating a real company. The students gained valuable experience in teamwork,communication skills, project planning, procurement and entrepreneurship. To expandand improve the program, different technologies such as green technology and e-lifewill be included in the future. We hope that more students from various disciplineswill be attracted to entrepreneurship education.Acknowledgement The authors wish to thank the National Science Council for financiallysupporting this research under project # NSC 92-2511-S-155-001.Bibliography1. David Linden, Thomas B. Reddy, ゴ2002サHandbook of Batteriesゴ3rd edサ. New YorkゑMcGraw Hill.Biography

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Industrial Engineering Poster Session

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramesh Narang

Session No. 1557 An Approach to Teach and Implement Lean Manufacturing Ramesh Narang Manufacturing Technology Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne, INIntroductionCompanies have adopted lean manufacturing principles as a way to reduce costs, reduce leadtimes, improve customer satisfaction, and increase productivity. Lean manufacturing is a cultureand philosophy for an entire enterprise. The process of becoming lean may mean transformingoneself from one's existing style of operations to an entirely different one. The process mayrequire significant

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Malika Moutawakkil; Lisa Hunter; J.D., Christine Andrews; Leslie Wilkins

Education, National Research Council, From Analysis toAction: Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology-Report of a Convocation,National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1996. 18. Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development, Learning for the Future:Changing the Culture of Math and Science Education to Ensure A Competitive Workforce, 2003. 19. Campbell, Patricia B., E. Jolly, L. Hoey, and L.K. Perlman, Upping the Numbers: Using Research-BasedDecision Making to Increase Diversity in the Quantitative Disciplines, A Report Commissioned by the GE Fund,January, 2002. 20. University of Hawaii, Institutional Research Office, Undergraduate Enrollment of Hawaiian/Part-HawaiianStudents

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

functions of science and engineering (Appendix A)and the professional engineering skill-sets, technical knowledge, attainments, and practical experiencerequired for responsible engineering leadership of technology development and innovation in engineeringpractice (Appendix B) may serve as conceptual guidelines in creating a new template for unit criteria for Page 9.825.10professionally oriented faculty.24 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”5. Drawing the Right ConclusionsThe panel

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Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Daubert; Steven Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard

Session 2131 Assessment of Teaming, Writing, and Speaking Instruction in Chemical Engineering Courses Steven W. Peretti, Paula Berardinelli, Lisa Bullard, Deanna P. Dannels, Dave Kmiec , Chris M. Anson, Chris Daubert North Carolina State UniversityA multidisciplinary faculty team at North Carolina State University has been iterativelydesigning and implementing teaming, writing, and speaking instructional modules to beimplemented within a junior-level chemical engineering laboratory course and a senior levelcapstone design course. The laboratory course is the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

P.O. Box 116580, Gainesville, Florida, 32602-3394 Phone: (352) 392-9537, ext.1493 Fax: (352) 392-3394 E-mail: fnaja@ce.ufl.eduThis paper presents an overview and comparison of regular courses of study in undergraduateCivil Engineering at the University of Florida (UF) and the National Autonomous University ofHonduras (UNAH). Both courses of study aim to impart a solid education in the area of civilengineering, but achieve the objective using different tools. Both curriculums provide necessaryfoundation courses such as mathematics, chemistry, and physics, and general sciences, whichserve as a common foundation for an engineering degree. In order to obtain a Civil Engineeringdegree

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Horacio Sosa; Vladimir Genis

Education DigitalPulser / Receiver Oscilloscope GPIB T/R R Trig Output EXT A B X,Y,Z micromanipulator Y Z X Pulse-Echo Ultrasound Transducer

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

Information Technology in US Higher Education. The Campus Computing Project October 1999. http://www.campuscomputing.net2. Green, K.C., Campus Computing 1998, the Ninth National Survey of Desktop Computing and Information in Higher Education (Encino, Calif. The Campus Computing Project, February 1999).3. IS 2002: Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems, http://www.acm.org/education/curricula.html#IS20024. A. Benander, B. Benander, and J. Sang, “Factors related to the difficulty to program in Java-an empirical study of non-novice programmers”, Journal of Information and Software Technology, Vol. 46, 2004, pp. 99-107.5. Zayed University Catalogue, http://www.zu.ac.ae/6

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TC2K and Assessment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Reid; Elaine Cooney

havetraditionally been measured by engineering technology faculty the same way they are evaluatedin the workplace: “I know it when I see it.” While this method may lead to a letter grade (“Thatpresentation was pretty good – I’ll give it a B”), this is not truly assessing the student, thepresentation or the degree program. Meaningful assessment of the student or of the presentationshould include constructive feedback, and assessment of the degree program should includequalitative measurement of the necessary characteristics of a good presentation. Goodassessment practices also recommend that data be “triangulated”, or measured in more than oneway.Gloria Rogers1 has recommended a variety of assessment techniques for a comprehensiveassessment plan. All

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Berliner-Heyman; Nicole Koppel; Rosa Cano; Siobhan Gibbons; Howard Kimmel

) hasoffered the Women in Engineering and Technology program (FEMME) since 1981.Started as a program for 25 ninth graders, the program now serves 125 post-4th throughpost-8th grade students each summer. In that period of time since the initial program, anassortment of program evaluation instruments have been developed and implemented.This paper will discuss these instruments, some successes and some failures, and some ofthe results that have been obtained.IntroductionStudies over the past twenty years on the relationship between gender and achievement in Page 9.582.1SMET fields have shown that the most striking difference between boys and girls in the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tang; Lynn Johnson

into a four-year engineering degreeprogram. In this paper we will describe the:• FEST Program design and organizations,• Academic objectives using learning technologies,• Development of blended online versions of the FEST core courses,• Integration of engineering applications into the FEST core courses,• Development of a Collaborative E-Learning Library System (CELLS), and• Lessons learned.FEST Program Design and OrganizationsThe FEST project involves collaboration among faculty and administrators from severalinstitutions, including the CU at Denver College of Engineering and Department ofMathematics, the Arapahoe and Red Rocks Community Colleges. These are the peoplethat develop and deliver pre-engineering courses preparatory to a four-year

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Emerging Trends in Graduate Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kavetsky

enterprise of science and technology (S&T). Today, DoD must continueto adapt to the current pace of technological change, rapidly integrate new and breakthroughtechnologies into its operational systems, and sustain a research and development environmentthat fosters innovation in order to preserve our significant lead in military capability.1-9 To dothis, DoD must continue to attract and retain the very best scientists and engineers in itsworkforce.2 This is especially true for those scientists and engineers working at the forefront ofemerging S&T, who need a unique set of technical skills in order to transition S&T to the fleet.There are many that truly believe the DoD of the future should simply turn all S&T matters overto academia

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Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Harris; Mary Sadowski

higher education. Daedalus, 1- 42. 22. Bellas, M. L. (1997). Disciplinary differences in faculty salaries: Does gender bias play a role? Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 68, No. 3 (May/June 1997) Ohio State University Press. 23. Gumport, P., & Pusser, B. (1995). A case of bureaucratic accretion: Context and consequences. In Journal of Higher Education, 66:493-520. 24. Council Report, Fostering the teacher-scholar model. University of Saskatchewan. http://www.usask.ca/univeristy_council/reports/04-02-00.html. 25. Coate, K., Barnett, R. & Williams, G. (2001). Relationships between teaching and research in higher education in England. Higher Education Quarterly, 0951

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Artigue; Mark Anklam; David Miller; Dan Coronell; Atanas Serbezov; Sharon Sauer; Alfred Carlson

) Review the two reports that you have been assigned. Be sure to provide as many helpful comments as possible. You should mark directly on the manuscript, and you must prepare a 1-2 page summary of your comments.Revising your report 4) Revise your report based on the peer reviews. a) Prepare a 1 page summary of changes that you made as a result of the peer review. b) Proof read your report one final time before turning it in.Submission of your report 5) You should turn in the following: a) Revised report. b) The 1 page summary of changes that you made as a result of the peer review. c) The original reports given to the reviewers (with their markup). d) The separate

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Sustainability and the Environment

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Olivia Dees; Saeed Foroudastan

aremonocultural yields of two different crops. Yab is the output of species (a) grown with(b), and Yba is the output of species (b) combined with (a). With basic LERcomparisons, if the ratio value for plant-plant combination is greater than 1, the proposedpolyculture is superior to the monoculture of the primary species. If the comparisonration is less than 1, monocultures are the better option 3.Competitive productionWhen two crops share and compete for the same resources, they may exploit theresources more efficiently than a single species. This is called competitive production,resulting in greater productive gains than a single-species system and having greater LERvalues. Two separate components are 1) competitive acquisition, the