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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Lambert; Aaron Robinson; Charles Camp; Jeff Marchetta; Laura Lackey; Stephanie Ivey

preference of learning style in one of the four Kolb Areas. Can Kolb’s learning stylecategories be useful as predictors for at-risk students? Do individualized follow-up methodsprovide additional information regarding specific reasons for students who make the choice toleave engineering during the first semester of study? These questions led to the development ofthis research project.Project RationaleBefore introducing the methodology for this study, it is essential to note the implications of thesehigh levels of attrition in engineering. As noted previously, statistical data relating to attritionand retention of students majoring in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fieldscontinues to be alarming, with high-ranking administrators and

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

2006-367: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND REDUCING PROFESSORWORKLOAD IN A CAPSTONE DESIGN CLASS USING PROJECTMANAGEMENT SOFTWARECharles Pezeshki, Washington State University Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, Associate Director of the School, and Director of the Industrial Design Clinic. He is also heavily involved in Washington State University governance, and is Chair-Elect of the WSU Faculty Senate.Kelley Racicot, Washington State University Graduate Assistant, Center for Teaching and Learning Technology, and an M.A. candidate in the Dept. of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education at Washington State University

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Claudia Milz

. They run theclasses; maintain the lab, and grade lab reports, quizzes and orals (such as colloquia). Thus mostof the feedback to the students is provided by other students. Lecture is seen as the fastest way for new teachers to be able to present the information,and deviation from almost 100% lecture is often discouraged since new and radical methods maybe rather risky in regards to the student evaluation, a tool used to assess the teaching situation inan institution and its teachers. Poor evaluations will harm the national ranking of a department,but may often not reflect the validity of the teaching methods used, the efficacy of the facultyadministering them, or the readiness of students receiving them. This said, classroom time

Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

International

perspective of the capacities identified asessential for addressing current and emerging global issues. An in-depth literature review ofbiomimicry, biomimicry innovation, concepts and characteristics of nature, and biomimicryinnovation capabilities and competencies are presented, analyzed and discussed. The authors’analysis of these proficiencies has wide application for all facets of engineering and technologyeducation as an integral component of continuous program improvement. Keywords: Innovation capabilities, innovation competencies, undergraduate education,engineering technology education, technology educationIntroduction Given the exponential factoring of knowledge due to scientific and technologicaladvance, solving complex global

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Lingard, California State University-Northridge

• Intro. to Software Engineering • Demonstrate proficiency in collecting, • Plus Electives analyzing, and interpreting data. • Demonstrate an understanding of emerging technologies and a working knowledge of currently available software tools. • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and practices for software

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Laura Bradbury, Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto

course objectives were no longer aligned with instructionor assessment. In this same initiative, the project leader also classified learning objectives usingBloom’s taxonomy to determine the level of learning objectives – and found that most were inthe “knowledge” and “comprehension” domains. Through this process, curriculum planners haveevidence to provide suggestions on the implementation of higher-level assessment items.In the case of an Early Childhood Education Program (Sumsion and Goodfellow, 2004)9, anexercise in mapping generic skills (such as literacy, information technology and problemsolving) across various curriculum units was conducted. Educators from across the program usedparticular indicators to give the level reached for each

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Xian Fan Liu

An Enhanced Vision-Based Approach to Detect Fires Sophie Liu Xiao Fan†, Alvin Anwar, Man Zhihong, Jiang Lijun‡ † Engineering & Physics Department, Oral Roberts University, OK 74171, USA/School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798/ ‡ Institute for Infocomm Research, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119613Keywords: Fire detection system, background image, foreground image, colour elementAbstractThis project will be used in teaching course “Engineering Computational Methods”course offered by Engineering and Physics Department of Oral Roberts University. Theproject will affect the research activity associated with computer engineering, electricalengineering, and

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Guy Hembroff, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

achievement levels. However, the results of theassessment tools identified areas which might benefit from improvement. Based on thisassessment, recommendations are made for the purpose of continuous improvement. This paperprovides information on the Program Outcomes assessment process issues and challenges and willbe of benefit to engineering technology programs seeking accreditation or re-accreditation.1. IntroductionThe curriculum of the Electrical Engineering Technology program covers a broad basededucational experience that emphasizes practical, hands-on laboratory work, closely coordinatedwith theoretical classroom discussion. Students receive a solid foundation of coursework inelectric circuits, digital electronics, solid-state electronics

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Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

was to enhance and extend the student's understanding of pasttechnological issues in order to better prepare them to solve the technological challenges they willencounter in the future.IntroductionEarly humans were keenly aware of their limitations. Their ability to see, hear, and smell wasinferior to many other creatures. They also could not run very fast or fly. They were at a distinctdisadvantage when compared to other animals. However, it was their ability to overcome thesedeficiencies that set them apart. By using their brain to visualize and then build devices to extendtheir capabilities early tools emerged. At first, they were quite simple and very basic. However,as time marched on, they were refined and improved. This inventive

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Little, Douglas L. Jamerson Jr. Elementary School; Charles Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Pat Van Driessche, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Marilyn Barger, University of South Florida; Kim Parsons, Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School; Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Debbie O'Hare

in engineering and engineering technology and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Florida. She is currently working with Douglas L. Jamerson, Jr. Elementary School to develop curriculum content for its Center for Mathmatics and Engineering.Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida RICHARD GILBERT is a professor of Chemical Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida. He has developed educational materials for ISA (Instrument Page 12.489.1 Society of America), AVS (American Vacuum Society) Science Educator’s Workshop, and the National

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Roberta Harvey, Rowan University; Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University; Heidi Newell, Rowan University; James Newell, Rowan University

Junior/Senior Clinics20. In these courses, students work independently in teams onsemester-long and sometimes multi-year projects. Many of the projects involve externalfunding, real clients and sponsors, and actual product development. For example, student teamsunder the supervision of chemical engineering faculty have worked on emerging topics includingenhancing the compressive properties of Kevlar, examining the performance of polymer fiber-wrapped concrete systems, advanced vegetable processing technology, metals purification,combustion, membrane separation processes and other areas of interest. Every engineeringstudent participates in these projects and benefits from hands-on learning, exposure to emergingtechnologies, industrial contact

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Chandler; A. Dean Fontenot

have worked with the magnet specialist at Estacado HighSchool to develop four high school courses in engineering:4 • Technology in Engineering and Architecture, • Project Management and Basic Engineering and Architecture • Product Engineering and Architecture • Engineering & Architecture Applications and ProfessionalismWhat emerged from the TEKS workshop is the eight-volume TEKS Teachers ResourceGuide. Each grade level has six parts: • Systems • Critical Thinking • Scientific tools • Communication • Patterns and Structures • TechnologyWithin all six categories, and in almost all of the disciplines, the teachers were able tofind ways to integrate engineering concepts, from identifying patterns using DUPLOblocks

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Veronica Burrows, Arizona State University; Vincent Pizziconi, Arizona State University; Robert Culbertson, Arizona State University; Marilyn Carlson, Arizona State University

of cycles of the steps of observation, hypothesis, prediction,verification by experiment, and evaluation. This cycle is then iterated to refine, modify, or refutethe hypothesis. Understanding and use of such as a reasoning pattern plays an important role inthe ability to do science and to construct science concepts. Consequently, among the project'sgoals is helping teachers and students develop general hypothesis-testing skills by encouragingthem to raise, and answer, questions that emerge during lab activities.In the engineering design process, the goal is to solve a technological problem or create atechnological process, artifact or system. In the design cycle there is a series of steps employed,which are usually iterated as cycles, to

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

faculty-studentrelationships. The model also integrates the use of student organizations, opportunities forundergraduate research and other campus resources to motivate the students and provide furtheropportunities for students to form informal mentoring relationships. The mentorship model isdiscussed in Section 2. Preliminary data collected from one such program that has been initiatedis presented in Section 3. Section 4 discusses the results and provides overall conclusions with afuture scope for this study.2. Mentorship ModelThe mentorship model proposed in this paper is based on the development of a cohort frommultiple engineering and technology students ranging from freshmen to seniors. The main intentis to formulate a student-student

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

AC 2007-272: TEACHING PROGRAMMING AND NUMERICAL METHODS ASCONCURRENT COURSESDavid Sawyers, Ohio Northern University DAVID R. SAWYERS, JR. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University, where he teaches courses in General Engineering and in the Thermal Sciences. He received a BSME degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and the MS and PhD, both in Mechanical Engineering, from The University of Notre Dame.John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University JOHN-DAVID YODER is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at ONU. His Doctorate is from the University of Notre Dame. Research interests include education, controls, robotics, and information

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmal Das, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

to which program outcomes or educational objectives are being achieved; or(b) result in decisions and actions taken to improve the program.Multiple constituencies are to be involved in the process, as the TAC/ABET Technology Criteria2000 (TC2K) stipulate use of multiple assessment tools and measures for (a) the programoutcomes, i.e., knowledge and capabilities of students at the time of graduation and (b) theprogram objectives, i.e., the expected accomplishments of graduates during the first few yearsafter graduation. Effective assessment tools provide the information needed to measure outcomesand objectives, so necessary improvements can be implemented.The focus of this paper is on assessment of program outcomes. The primary assessment

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

pipeline, they areinundated with information regarding sustainable technologies and all things “green.”Sustainable technology involves design and innovation that provides for our current needswithout sacrificing the ability of future generations to sustain themselves1. Inherentlymultidisciplinary, sustainable technology requires a holistic approach to understanding the social,economic, and environmental impact that technological innovation poses on the earth and itslimited resources. From alternative energy such as wind, solar, and geothermal, to energyefficient lighting, buildings and vehicles, to enabling technologies such as nanotechnology,biotechnology and photonics, in the 21st century sustainable technology will play an increasinglyimportant

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashok Goel, Michigan Technological University; Hyun-Chan Cho, Korea University of Technology and Education

Tagged Divisions

International

Engineering from the Chung-Ang University in 1991. Currently, he is a Professor of Electronics Engineering in the School of Information Technology at the Korea University of Technology an Education in South Korea. He is the author of the nearly 120 journal and conference papers. His research interests include intelligent systems and control, and microelectronic circuit design. Page 11.1233.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Teaching VLSI Design at the Korea University of Technology and EducationAbstractHuman Resources Development Institute at the Korea

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Reiman; H. Oner Yurtseven; Stephen Hundley; Patricia Fox

. Libraryresources) through a University-mandated tax. Against this backdrop of diversity, decentralization, and dynamic external marketplaceconditions, the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI recently undertook itstriennial strategic planning process. Because of the complexities of operating within the IUPUIorganizational environment, coupled with advances in the engineering and technologyprofessions, an updating of the strategic plan at regular intervals is required. In the PurdueSchool of Engineering and Technology, the practice has been to revisit the strategic plan on athree-year basis, in order to provide a long enough time horizon for necessary changes to beimplemented, yet short enough to account for changing and/or emerging

Conference Session

Aerospace First-Year Project-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

AC 2011-876: IMPACT OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN INTRO-DUCTION TO ENGINEERING/ TECHNOLOGY CLASSAlok K. Verma, Old Dominion University Dr. Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and, Director of the Lean Institute at Old Dominion Univer- sity. He also serves as the Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory. Dr. Verma received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, MS in Engineering Mechanics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from ODU. Prof. Verma is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, a certi- fied manufacturing engineer and has certifications in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. He has orga- nized several international conferences as General Chair, including ICAM-2006

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

democratic society charged with making long-term decisions on these emerging technologies. The course, Science, Technology and Public Policy (ASET 101) is a 3 credit, non-lab sciencecourse. It is a required course in the Applied Science and Engineering Technology curriculum,but also fulfills the science general education requirement at the institution, and so appeals to abroader audience than those specifically in the curriculum. In addition, the course is open tohigher level developmental students as well as high school students through a dual enrollmentprogram, thus providing an opportunity for students to explore science, technology and relatedsocietal issues early in their academic career. Students who are still deciding on academic and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zdravko Markov; Todd Neller; Ingrid Russell

) highlight the bridge that machine learning providesbetween AI technology and modern software engineering.In this paper we will present our approach, an overview of the project, and the hands-onlaboratory modules. Our preliminary experiences incorporating these modules into ourintroductory AI course will also be presented.1. IntroductionAn introductory Artificial Intelligence (AI) course provides students with basic knowledge of thetheory and practice of AI as a discipline concerned with the methodology and technology forsolving problems that are difficult to solve by other means. The importance of AI in theundergraduate computer science curriculum is illustrated by the Computing Curricula 2001recommendation of ten core units in AI2. It is believed

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven; Samuel Daniels, University of New Haven; Michael Collura, University of New Haven

, effective for all freshmen entering in the fall of 2004. A significantcomponent was selected for the Electrical Engineering program and several courses are includedin the Computer Engineering and the Information Technology programs. The ten courses and allprogram changes have been approved by departmental faculty, school and university committeesand the university administration. Early results were reported at the American Society ofEngineering Education Annual Meetings in June 2004[1,2,3,4,5 and 2005 [6,7]. An NSF planninggrant[8], along with over half a million dollars of private gifts (specifically for multidisciplinarycurricular development) have been instrumental in development efforts to date.Many of the curricular elements in our new model

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; John Bugado, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Albert Cruz, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

next five years or more. Best of all, these emerging technologies are can beembedded in many applications or added as components to other computer system platforms. 6 Information Security The ease and convenience of online education through the World Wide Web brings with it the need to assure that our computers do not become targets for unwanted and often malicious attacks and intrusions by computer viruses and/or hackers. To prevent these problems, antivirus software and/or internet security software is recommended (i.e., Norton Utilities). Along with internet security, online education must address the need to authenticate all students during an online course. Authentication is crucial to insure the

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Tennessee State University

and the final course grade.IntroductionTennessee State University is a historically African American university in Nashville, TN withan approximate enrollment of 10,000 students. The College of Engineering, Technology andComputer Science has an approximate enrollment of 1,000 students and dc circuit analysis isrequired by all engineering majors. In 2004, the engineering undergraduate population in thecollege was approximately 88 % African American and 26 % female. The high percentage offemale enrollment may be based upon current trends that indicate a decrease in the enrollment ofAfrican American males in college. The dc circuit analysis course is taught using active learningactivities such as cooperative learning teams. Some of the research

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Brake, Eastern Michigan University; Kaninka Bhatnagar, Eastern Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

school students viewtechnology in their lives to understand if there is a correlation between intending to major inscience, technology, engineering or math and their experiences with technology in their lives.We knew from informal conversations with teachers and teenagers that teenagers usually viewtechnology as strictly electronic devices such as computers and everything related tomicroelectronics. But science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors encompassmany more subjects than electronics. We, therefore, framed our questionnaire so as to include abroader knowledge base that went beyond digital electronics to everyday know-how andpractical skills. We did not define technology on the survey for the students because we did notwant to

Conference Session

Graduate Education and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Warren Rosen, Drexel University; Eric Carr, Drexel University; Michael G Mauk P.E., Drexel University; Radian G. Belu, Drexel University; Gerry Marekova, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

EngineeringA graduate-level course in Reliability Engineering was developed as part of the MS degreeprogram in Engineering Technology. The course is designed for on-line, web-based delivery in a10-week term. The course materials can also be readily adapted to a more traditional classroomlecture format, including as a technical elective for advanced undergraduate engineeringtechnology majors, or as an independent study course.Course MotivationReliability emerged as an engineering subject in the 1950s in response to the widespreadproblems encountered by armed forces in the Second World War with equipment that was ofteninoperable, in need of frequent repair, and burdened with excessive maintenance requirements.The application of scientific principles to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Mphande, Victoria University; Paul Bronson, Victoria University; Robert ives, Victoria University; Juan SHI, Victoria University; Alec Simcock, Victoria University

communication, including meetings, laboratorysessions and use of educational technologies, for example WebCT, are particularly useful forthe supervisors to check the truth of learner claims in the portfolio. The portfolio has been Page 12.281.3considered to be the most suitable tool to assess the technical as well as the more social(generic or transferable) attributes/skills of the professional engineer mainly for three reasons.Firstly, the portfolio appears to offer an opportunity for cumulating skills towards thecompetency standard required of graduate engineers. Secondly, because individual studentssubmit their own portfolio, the use of the portfolio

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Cox, Purdue University; Alene Harris, Purdue University

the Classroom InteractionObservation to collect information about the types of interactions that occur between faculty andstudents and among students within a course, and observers use the Global Ratings to evaluatesummatively the elements of a course. Although several semesters of data have been collected attwo of the universities, the validity of the VOS has not been assessed. To evaluate the validity ofthe VOS, five validity studies were conducted. Two content validity studies examined the extentto which eleven education content experts judged the elements of the HPL framework to bepresent within the Classroom Interaction Observation and Global Ratings components of theVOS, respectively. A convergent validity study noted the extent to

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; Masud Hassan, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

engineering.IntroductionThe trends in globalization, rapidly emerging technologies, and societal changes are challengingthe engineering and technology profession to prepare professionals for 21st century. Theseemerging trends in engineering technology education facilitated by the Technology AccreditationCriteria 2000(TC2K) developed by the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology(ABET) is promoting the preparation of engineering technology graduates as practitioners of theprofession, implementers of technology, job-ready and focused on applied engineering. One ofthe major challenges is early introduction to the design and manufacturing skills. During recentyears many mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology programs revised,modified, or