Indian Perspective on Women in Computing Roli Varma School of Public Administration University of New Mexico, Albuquerque AbstractIn the United States, women pursuing higher education in computing fields has been low.Scholars have focused on the reasons behind under-representation of women in computing. Thedominant trend in the scholarly literature is that the computing fields themselves are gendered. Incontrast, there has been a significant increase in the number of women enrolling in computingfields in colleges/universities in India. The image of computing in India
1 Efficient Operation of Independent Grocery Stores in New Mexico Jalal Rastegary, Patricia Sullivan, Stephanie Lloyd, Jason Dana Engineering New Mexico Resource Network College of Engineering New Mexico State University Catrina Damrell, Peter Cooke Manomet, Inc., Plymouth, Massachusetts AbstractIn rural New Mexico, the scarcity of grocery stores can create considerable challenges to gettinghealthy and affordable food. The lack of grocery stores creates a situation in
University of New Mexico Introduction and MethodsIn STEM education, educators and industry leaders alike emphasize hands-on laboratory researchexperience during undergraduate education as a way for students to gain skills as technicians andresearchers1,2. Undergraduate research promotes retention in STEM fields and serves as a pathway tograduate school and science careers2,3. For some undergraduate students, however, the process ofengaging in research can be chaotic, confusing, and discouraging, which limits the value of theirexperiences [2]. However, positive undergraduate research experiences can be a key to studentgrowth and success. Effective mentorship and guidance can impact outcomes of undergraduatestudent
1 Solar Fuels: Importance of Material Compatibility in Their Production Irma Rocio Vazquez, Sakineh Chabi Mechanical Engineering Department University of New Mexico AbstractResearch and implementation of clean energy alternatives are paramount, not only for the earth butto more efficiently harness energy from renewable alternatives, such as the sun, which provides10,000 times the daily global energy demand. Artificial photosynthesis, or so-called solar fueltechnology, presents an alluring prospect in harnessing solar energy and offers a
Counseling and Educational Psychology New Mexico State University IntroductionIn the early 1980’s Congress requested that the National Science Foundation (NSF) provideeducational and professional development opportunities for people of color, women, and peoplewith disabilities pursuing a career in the sciences and engineering [1]. Although the number ofunderrepresented groups pursing degrees and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) is increasing – the number of people from underrepresented communities,such as Hispanic or Latino, as well as women, remains unequal [2].Engineering is a STEM domain in which underrepresented groups continue to remain
1 Session 2020 Vertical Column Wind Speed Measurement at PVAMU Michael Brown, *Christopher Medlow, Penrose Cofie, John Attia, Warsame Ali, Shuza Binzaid, Electrical Engineering and *Mechanical Engineering Prairie View A&M University AbstractThis project was designed to report wind data such as speed, frequency, direction, and temperaturefor future plans to install a multitude of wind turbines at Prairie View A&M University
multiple lab-scale and pilot plants whichhave demonstrated the ability for TES systems to meet the power demand reliably, commercialscale CSP plants have struggled to meet the 24-hour demand. The US Department of Energy(DOE) has recently issued two main research calls with similar aggressive goals. The SunShotInitiative and the CSP Gen3 challenge, both which targets a 50% thermal-to-electric conversionefficiency,16-hour thermal storage, $0.06 kWh and a 30-year operating lifetime. Moreover, CSPtechnologies can be coupled with a TES system for water heating and HVAC applications. In thiswork, the state-of-the-art TES systems are reviewed and their techno-economical capabilities andlimitations, for multiple applications such as water, HVAC, and power
interpretation of this validation system comes in a digital and highlyaccessible form. Digital badging, sometimes referred to as Microcredentialing, has emerged as agrowing trend in higher education as an efficient means for validating and recognizing specific skillsand proficiency. Digital badges or other forms of electronic skill verification usually use a secureonline platform or repository for authentic display of objective party verification of studentcompetence and related student work.Our program has implemented digital badging to allow students the opportunity to take ownership ofand highlight specific skills which are poorly conveyed on a resume, transcript, or graduate schoolapplication. Our goal in implementing an undergraduate digital
mostcrucial aspects in a factory setting. This is due to high capital cost, time management, and ease ofoutsourcing. There is difficulty in updating older hardware and software that needs bettercapabilities than what was initially needed when it was installed and implemented. The projectthat is being worked on is focused on how to update a PLC 5 system to ControlLogix in the leastexpensive, and efficient manner. To achieve this, the software of RSLogix5 must be accuratelyconverted to RSLogix5000 by first using embedded software that is associated with RSLogix aswell as user implemented I/O racks, controller properties, and troubleshooting of the ProgramConversion Errors (PCE) and many other compatibility settings. Alongside the updates,refinement of
. Willengineers and their products and efforts be far behind? The accompanying talk to this abstract willexamine a few of the socially complex effects wrought by the “law of unintended consequences” inalgorithm design; discuss nascent efforts to counteract these effects in computer science curricula;and attempt to generalize these problems (and possible mitigating actions) to engineering education.In a recent editorial for Scientific American, Mozilla co-founder and chairwoman Mitchell Bakerwrote [1], “Yesterday’s STEM curriculum produced an environment where tech platforms andproducts were developed in isolation from the broader effects they had on society.” The sub-disciplines of engineering have historically prided themselves on their critical role in
abrasion and helps with energybalance. This study suggests that the specific color of penguins results in temperature differences ontop and bottom surfaces reducing their skin drag. To prove this hypothesis, we conducted severalexperimental and computational studies. In experiments, an infrared camera was used to measure thepenguin’s temperature of the penguin’s back and front. These temperatures were used to calculateenergy balance and friction drag. The results show that penguin coloration affects the drag. Introduction There are different factors that help penguins to stay warm in the cold places; (1) They are warm-blooded birds with a normal body temperature of about 37.8 ◦C; (2) penguins have a
Session 2020 Renewable Energy: Solar Cells Zakreya Mahamud, Kamal Hussein, Warsame Ali, John Attia, Ali Husainat, Shuza Binzaid Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University AbstractThe availability of non-renewable energy sources such as crude oil, natural gas, and coal arediminishing. Renewable energy sources such as solar, hydropower, geothermal, wind, tidal energy,are gaining more and more importance. Many new developments to convert these renewable energysources into usable forms are taking place
detection, warding off attack,safety in numbers, fighting back, and escaping. Inspiring from the mentioned behaviors, different anti-predator systems for different types of drones are proposed and for each defense behavior, a well-defined mechanism is implemented. Introduction Drones are changing the world’s view of aviation. As such, there is an ever-growing need fordifferent types of drones with various capabilities for both civilian and military applications1. Militarysurveillance and border patrolling are common missions for drones. In these settings, however, dronesface many dangers including detection by radar, hacking, and tracing and attacking by predatorrockets2. These risks delay or even stop
) with subwavelength characteristic dimensions inboth in- and out-of-plane directions have shown to have an exceptional ability to manipulate light andproduce unique scattering features in spectral profiles. These properties have been employed as newplatforms to control, confine, and enhance light-matter interactions in the nanostructures at thesubwavelength level. Besides their lightweights, the simplicity in designing, and well-establishedfabrication process, compared to their three-dimensional counterparts (metamaterials), metasurfaces areof great interest in serving in a variety of real-life applications, such as lenses, imaging, sensing, beamsteering, and solar energy harvesting. Here, we present the resonant response of plasmonic