Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christopher Lee, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Siddhartan Govindasamy, Boston College; Diana S. Dabby, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

professional practice.IntroductionCourse requirements for many Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) programs include acourse with a title similar to “Signals and Systems.” Likewise, many Mechanical Engineeringprograms require a course with a name similar to “System Dynamics.” Both courses involvetime and frequency domain mathematical analysis tools for Linear, Time-Invariant (LTI)systems but use content-area specific examples, e.g., RLC circuits or mass-spring-dampersystems. Much of the fundamental mathematics underlying these courses is the same yet thereexist significant differences in the course material. For instance, a System Dynamics coursemay include rotational dynamics and motion. On the other hand, a Signals and Systems coursewill

Conference Session

Computing Research I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chaomin Luo, Mississippi State University

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Computing and Information Technology

are covered in order, learningmaterials with interconnection in the back-and-forth pedagogy are particularly arranged to becovered repeatedly in a back-and-forth mode, Back and Forth. This technique allows instructorsto explain a concept or idea in various stages and share thoughts with students repeatedly.This curriculum is mainly focused on a set of rules and methods that describe the functionality,organization, and implementation of computer systems and architecture. Students learn MIPSassembly language, fundamentals of hardware technologies, computer arithmetic, pipelining,memory hierarchies, and I/O., while corresponding review questions, assignments, and in-classexercises were assigned to students frequently in a back-and-forth mode to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Steven H. Chin, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

processing, biometrics, pattern recognition and filter design.Dr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Kevin Dahm is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from WPI in 1992 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1998. He co-authored the book ”Interpreting Diffuse Reflectance and Transmittance,” published in 2007, with his father Donald Dahm. His second book, ”Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics,” a collaboration with Donald Visco of the University of Akron, is expected to be released by January 10, 2014. Kevin has received the 2002 PIC-III Award, the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award, the 2004 Raymond W. Fahien Award and the 2005 Corcoran Award from ASEE.Dr. Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Pavelich; Stephen Krause

evaluationinstrument for chemistry or engineering faculty who devise new ways of teaching designed to repairstudents misconceptions and strengthen their correct mental models of chemistry. The work reportedhere was primarily done by co-author Brooke Jenkins as part of her Masters research in ChemicalEducation.History and ScopeThe CCI work was conceived and is funded by the managers of the Foundation Coalition 3,4. DonavonEvans of Arizona State University has put together teams of faculty from around the country to writeconcept inventories for most fundamental engineering subjects. Among the subjects being addressedare thermodynamics, signals and systems, electromagnetics, dynamics, circuits, strength of materials,statistics and material science4. The first

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Johnson; Harold Larson; Charles Standridge; Shirley Fleischmann

as an engineering student. Mathematicsassignments provide an introduction to fundamental engineering concepts and calculations such asstress and strain. Weekly assignments are given that require students to provide written reactionsto the readings as well as to solving basic engineering problems mathematically. The course helpsbuild student interest and enthusiasm for their engineering education as well as assisting studentsto decide whether engineering is a profession that suits their interests and abilities.1. IntroductionApproximately half of all students who declare engineering as their major upon entering GrandValley State University (GVSU) from high school are not prepared to enroll in the first calculuscourse. This is due to a

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia L. Morse; Tim Bower; Eduard Plett

ENGL 302 Technical Writing .................................. 3 MET 382 Industrial Instrumentation PHYS 113 General Physics I ................................ 4 And Controls ........................................ 3 PHYS 114 General Physics II ................................ 4 Technical Electives (9 credit hours) Other electives (12 credit hours, 6 credits upper Choose 9 credit hours from the following electives: level) CMST 250 Hardware and Network Fundamentals . 3 Business elective .................................. 3 CMST 270 Introduction to Unix .............................. 3

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

, Page 15.144.3but many students find that their zeal is diminished due to the gap between engineering practiceand analysis [1]. These students also tend to lack motivation when studying fundamental coursessuch as calculus, differential equations, engineering mathematics, and physics, in part becausethese early courses often have less focus on application of this knowledge and the students do notunderstand how these courses relate to engineering. Additionally, the traditional freshmancurriculum does not give the student an opportunity to discover the differences between thevarious engineering majors and how different fields of engineering interact. The engineeringfaculty at York College also believes that it is important to provide the students

Conference Session

Innovative and Nontraditional Curriculum in IT/IET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hata, Portland Community College; James Dockendorf, Normandale Community College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

college as they customized the instructional modules for theircourses.The seven instructional modules include: Module 1: An Introduction to Plasma Physics Module 2: Plasma Sources Module 3: Transmission Line Fundamentals Module 4: RF Power Delivery Module 5: Microwave Power Delivery Module 6: Sputtering Module 7: SafetyEach module includes text material that provides a fundamental treatment of eachtopic along with demonstrations and laboratory exercises that would enablestudents to develop a practical understanding of the technology. End-of-chapterproblems are included as is common in most technician-level teaching materials.To illustrate the composition of a module, the content of Module 4

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Coriell, Louisiana Tech University; Ankunda Kiremire, Louisiana Tech University; Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; William C. Long, Louisiana Tech University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

ethical uses of LLMs, which included helping to understand concepts,correcting grammar, and creating citations, among others. When pressed, students revealedstress, running out of time, and failing to find the answer for themselves pushed them to usingLLMs in ways that may seem unethical [4].In a computer science course, LLMs can be used to both generate code and help a studentunderstand it [5]. Depending on how the LLM is being leveraged, it could be perceived as abenefit or risk to the student [6]. During their first year, many computer science students learnthe fundamentals of programming, which serves as a critical foundation for their future computerscience courses. However, as they encounter difficult programming challenges on a

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Theory and Practice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Engineering Libraries

a senior member of IEEE and is a member of ASME, SIAM, ASEE and AGU. He is actively involved in CELT activities and regularly participates and presents at the Lilly Conference. He has been the recipient of several Faculty Learning Community awards. He is also very active in assessment activities and has presented dozens of papers at various Assessment Institutes. His posters in the areas of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Socratic Inquisition have received widespread acclaim from several scholars in the area of Cognitive Science and Educational Methodologies. He has received the Assessment of Critical Thinking Award twice and is currently working towards incorporating writing assignments that enhance students’ critical

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Davis; Jr., James Caffery; Jr., Fred Beyette

diagram to implement functional specifications. This assignment gives them aforetaste of future design classes. The computer organization background prepares the studentsfor the next ECECS course they take, Computer Science I (introduction to programming in C++).We follow the same bottom-up approach taken by Patt and Patel to understanding the basicunderpinnings of computers prior to studying high-level programming concepts.Many of the academic orientation-type lectures are part of a single goal-directed activity: the finalassignment of the term is for each student to write his or her dream resume 2 that reflects thestudent’s college accomplishments and experiences. The dream resume embodies positivevisualization that sparks both investigation

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials and General Mechanics Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Christiansen, Brigham Young University; Steven Benzley, Brigham Young University; Spencer Guthrie, Brigham Young Univeristy; Gaurab Paudel, Brigham Young University

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Mechanics

WinterSemester this system serves approximately six hundred students.Success of this teaching effort is assessed by student questionnaires about the EMIL operations,scores of student’s Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, student course evaluations, anddepartment exit interviews. Student questionnaires indicate that 79% of the students regularlyuse the EMIL and that 97% of the students rate the quality of the tutorial service either good orexcellent. Students from our program pass the FE exam at a rate higher than the national averageand student course evaluations and data from exit interviews indicate that understandingengineering fundamentals (i.e. engineering mechanics) is among the highest rated aspects of ourprogram.Key Words: Mechanics

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Devin R. Berg

engineering and engineering technology students. Students were tasked with applyingthe principles of fundamental static equilibrium analysis to objects found in their normalsurroundings. The deliverable for this assignment consisted of a photograph of an object theyfound to be in static equilibrium and a short description of how the state of the object could bedescribed mathematically. Student submissions for this task exhibited a wide range of qualityand imagination. Examples of student work are presented along with discussion of lessonslearned and recommendations for the use of this method in the future. The overall studentresponse to this task was positive and thus these efforts will be expanded.IntroductionInquiry-based learning is an educational

Conference Session

Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tianrui Bai, Southwest Jiaotong University; Jinwen Zhu, Missouri Western State University; Virendra Varma, Missouri Western State University

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Engineering Technology

soft skills, such as communications and working in teams, etc. A capstonedesign project or other integrating experience is a major design component in engineeringand technology curricula. The Technology and Engineering criteria (TAC and EAC) ofthe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) emphasize theimportance of a capstone experience in the curriculum. The capstone design projectsrequire students to use fundamental scientific concepts and basic technical skills learnedin the classroom to solve ‘real-world’ problems instead of answering end-of-the chapterquestions from the textbook. The capstone projects provide an opportunity for students todemonstrate critical thinking skills. It prepares them better to assume the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Muscarella, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School; Mi Thant Mon Soe, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Engineering and Mechanics department at Drexel University where she focuses on developing microfabrication and microfluidics tools for biomedical research. She is interested in cell sorting, drug delivery, and engineering education.Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.) Jessica S. Ward serves as the Director of Development for the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). During her tenure at Drexel University, Ms. Ward has successfully coordinated with multiple faculty members in the submission of approximately 700 grant proposals, including co-writing, editing and serving as the Program Manager for 9 awarded STEM educa- tion grants totaling more than $14M. She has

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

the magnetic domain are the fundamental and practicalconcepts of this course, and fit well with the goal of this study. There are several interestingphysics concepts involved in this project such as voltage, resistor, current, circuit, magnetic field,magnetic flux, and magnetic force on current carrying wire, torque and more. The project alsohelps students to learn about the physical process and the theory behind building the motor. Forexample, logic such as the force produced by the magnetic field on a current carrying wire is thefundamental behind rotation. This report will present detailed information about designrequirement; materials provided, constraints, outcome and student feedback via assessment. Atthe end of the semester, a survey

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yves Ngabonziza; Hendrick Delcham

practices Often, engineering equipments are costly, and adding morehave been shown to improve student participation. There is credits and hours to an already packed curriculum isbroad recognition that meaningful learning in engineering impractical and too costly to students. In that regard, somerequires that students master fundamental concepts, rather institutions have embraced the use of virtual testing/simulationthan the memorization of facts and formulas [1

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R Veazie P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, and the students were encouraged toreflect, both in writing and orally.The overall academic learning outcomes for the student successfully completing this EngineeringMaterials Laboratory course are summarized by the following:1. Achieve a basic grasp of atomic structure and bonding incorporating crystal structure and crystal defects, including documentation and symbols.2. Demonstrate technical competence controlling material dislocation and strengthening, including utilizing phase diagrams incorporating alloys.3. Apply fundamental rules, laws and criteria for implementing phase transformation/heat treatment for material selection for design and manufacturing.4. Demonstrate the ability to explain and apply fundamental mechanical

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University

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Educational Research and Methods

that (pause) um (pause) d, d^2 psi over dx dy is equal to um the opposite of - or is equal to d^2 psi over dy dx which- and we get those by these (points to notebook) two things. 2. Matthew: So we have to take… 3. James: So we differentiate u with respect to x. 4. Matthew: Ooohh yeah. 5. James: And then v with respect to y cause he showed that on the board right? I didn't write it down now. 6. Matthew: I have that. 7. James: So we don't even have to calculate psi necessarily. 8. Matthew: No we just have to do the same. 9. James: Well we could to make sure that it also makes sense. 10. Matthew: Or we could just

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Gregory Morton, Drexel University ; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Matthew Nester VanKouwenberg; Chris Lehmann, Science Leadership Academy; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

continue guessing. Oncethe password was guessed, a discussion was held about cyber security.Tuning Fork ActivityIn order to understand sound, waves, and many of the equations that characterize electronics,students must first understand periodicity. This was a fundamental step in learning cyber-securitybecause it generated a kinesthetic appreciation for many of the equations, the language used indiscussing cyber-security and strengthening cyber security. The vast majority of our students hadnot encountered periodic functions yet in their academic careers, so in order for the students to Figure 2: Images of the tuning fork activity. On the left are two students working on the tuning for task. On the right is one of the experimental setups

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jerz

concepts and software; to provide practicedesigning parts; to understand that there are differences between CAD products in theirpresentation and use; to introduce CAD industry standards, file compatibility and file conversionissues; and to expose students to file translations. Students are expected to complete several tutorials. An example of one tutorial’s CADdrawing is shown in Figure 3. Students also try to transfer the drawing files over to the otherCAD systems using DXF, IGES, and other file formats. Lab3 - Robot Fundamentals and Programming This lab introduces students to the industrial robot (shown in Figure 2), which is anotherexample of a computer controlled industry device. Students program the robot using a

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Estelle M. Eke

programming languageincluding C and C++, (ii) engineering materials, (iii) circuits and (iv) engineering mechanics –statics. The mode of course delivery is two 50-minute lectures and a 3-hour laboratory per week.Emphasis was on the introduction to numerical computation and assigned problems were solvedon a PC/Workstation. Tests and final exams that rely heavily on computation were used toevaluate student performance; laboratory reports were used to assess writing skills. It wasobserved that a typical class was made up of two types of students; those who enjoyedprogramming, and students who considered programming as drudgery and were not motivated todo more than the minimum amount of work required to get a passing grade. The latter group alsohad

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Bass, Oregon Institute of Technology; Thomas White, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

manufacturing engineer, renewable energy projects manager, technical writer and course developer, business process consultant, and – most recently – the lead engineer at a design firm, where he managed a small group of talented young engineers who model and analyze energy use in “green buildings.” Tom has previously taught as an adjunct at Portland State and the University of Phoenix. His interests lie in teaching core engineering courses including statics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and technical writing, as well as advanced courses in renewable energy applications, building energy systems, and the analysis and design of “green” buildings. Tom is a licensed

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Richard Smith

. In practice,information security engineering involves a life cycle starting with requirement analysis,progressing through design analysis and deployment, and repeating the cycle following aperiod of system monitoring and incident response. A fundamental activity in the practiceof information security engineering is the assessment of security perimeters that divide asystem into more-trustworthy and less-trustworthy components. This type of analysis isapplied at every level of an information security system to yield an overall assessment ofits security. Perimeter assessment requires that a student learn fundamental features ofcomputer systems at the hardware, operating system, application, and network level. Thisyields a coherent curricular

Conference Session

Techniques to Enhance Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Environmental Engineering

screencasts was to provide students with worked-out exampleswithout using class time. I recognize the value in working example problems in class as theyallow the instructor to show how theory is applied and to point out common places for studentsto make errors. But, I do not view this as the most beneficial use of class time. From myexperience, working out example problems often involve using class time for lower level yetessential steps such as unit conversions, algebraic rearrangement, and calculations; and ofcourse, they introduce the inevitable time-wasting calculation error. I would rather use classtime to present and discuss the fundamental concepts and discuss how to apply them.Evolution of a screencast recording methodThe recording of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

covered using Front Page 2000. Students are expected to put theircompleted WebPages on the Internet. Word processing using MS Word is explained tothe students with homework including a brief paper being written in MS Word. Studentsalso use this communication skill in writing proposals and business letters for theengineering design portion of the course. Databases are taught using MS Excel software.Students are expected to be able to manipulate and graph data at the completion of thistopic and are asked to make simple histograms as part of an assignment for theengineering design portion of the course. MS PowerPoint presentations are also coveredwith students creating a short PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint presentations are alsosometimes

Conference Session

Engineering Economy: Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Remer, Harvey Mudd College; Karen Ahle, Raytheon; Kevin Alley, Southwest Research Institute; John Silny, Raytheon; Karen Hsin, Accenture; Elijah Kwitman, Harvey Mudd College; Allison Hutchings, Harvey Mudd College

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Engineering Economy

evaluations. For example, one of the authors haspresented short courses on cost estimation and economic evaluation to over 10,000 professionals,mostly engineers and engineering managers who are in industry and government. Most of theseengineers have taken engineering economics courses while in college, and they have a goodgrasp of the fundamentals of engineering economics. However, most practicing engineers lackthe fundamentals to do accurate cost and schedule estimates. To keep projects from going overbudget and schedule, more and more organizations are requiring their engineers and engineeringmanagers to obtain certifications in cost estimation from professional societies. The purpose ofthis paper is to discuss the current certifications offered so

Conference Session

Computers in Education 9 - Technology I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hoe, Loyola University Maryland; Dave Binkley, Loyola University Maryland; Mary Lowe, Loyola University Maryland

in the STEM fields. 2. The courses will have students write Python code to reinforce their learning of the theory underlying quantum computing. 3. The courses will prepare students to do research in quantum computing as undergraduates by introducing them to and giving them the opportunity to work on authentic research questions in the course. This is widely viewed as a high-impact educational practice because it encourages “inquiry-based, student-centered activities” [18].Unlike other courses on quantum computing, our students will develop a quantum computersimulator. A survey of textbooks revealed that many books are either too mathematical or notsufficiently mathematical for an introductory, majors-level

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rod B. Foist, California Baptist University; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Timothy Gage, California Baptist University; Seth Truitt, California Baptist University; Matthias Hans Schmidt

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FYEE Conference Sessions

the 3.3V-based 3) The labs for this course show me how to problem-solve inFPGA chip. Happily, most projects that use LCDs only need Electrical and Computer Engineering,to perform write-operations, as is true in our case. 4) The labs in this course make the content more understandable,III. Lab Steps 5) I enjoy doing the labs for this course, Instructor provides some sort of pre-lab tutorial 6) Doing the labs shows me real life applications of the information (could be the contents of this paper), and information. possibly some pre-project lab

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: First Year Programming (1)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Anika Coolbaugh Pirkey, West Virginia University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the equation v(t)=vo+at, where vo is the initial velocity in m/s and a is theacceleration in m/s2.Find the equation of the line v(t) and determine both the initial velocity v o and the acceleration a.Question 4 (circle geometry): A circular summing pool, 20 feet in diameter, is enclosed by awhite wooden deck that is 3 feet wide. What is the area of the deck? How much fence is requiredto enclose the deck?Question 6 (writing algebraic equation): Tommy grossed $435 one week by working 52 hours.His employer pays time-and-a-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours. Set up anexpression and determine Tommy’s hourly wage.Question 8 (mixture problem): A coffee manufacturer wants to market a new blend of coffeethat sells for $3.90 per pound by