new way of controlling the spray can bedeveloped. Synthesis of microfibers with magnetic properties that can be assembled asmagnetically controlled filters can be another interesting idea. Finally, engineering crystalsynthesis by means of electrospray (Fig. 3) is largely an open field in which we have already hadsome interesting results. Page 25.729.5 Fig. 3 a) Student working in the lab on crystal synthesis by means of electrospray; b) the high voltage module.Moreover, with the recent purchase of a research-grade SEM (not available at the time of theproject) the opportunities in this direction are
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their academic classwork orcareer goals and personally in their life outside of school.AcknowledgementsThis work was supported by a fellowship from the National Science Foundation STEM GK-12program “Catalyzing STEM Education via the NAE Engineering Grand Challenges”, grant#DGE-0947936 through Drexel University.” We would like to thank all Drexel GK-12partnership schools, Teachers, Fellows and project co-investigators for your support andfeedback.References1. L. D. Clive, M. A. Alice, E. Ozgur, D. F. Daniel, and J. L. Larry, "Engineering Design Thinking, Teaching, and Learning," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, p. 103, 20052. X. S. Apedoe, B. Reynolds, M. R. Ellefson, and C. D. Schunn, "Bringing Engineering Design into High
question #35 is much more difficult than question #34, butits percentage of correct answer is higher (53.8%). We believe that the cause lies at thecorrelation among the questions #32-34, because all of them are on the same P-V diagram shownin Fig. 2 (b). More specifically, they are on work (#32), internal energy (#33), and heat transfer(#34). The details of the test result are the following: five students (32, 33, 34), twostudents (32, 33, 34), three students (32, 33, 34). These ten students might haveapplied the first law of thermodynamics in answering question #34. If they made one mistake ineither question #32 or question #33, they would select a wrong answer in question #34. On theother hand, the remaining three students did not pay
outside classroom after every lecture. Students needed to write the following in thejournal: a. date; b. a list of activities done in class; c. what students have learned from today’sactivities (this is the meat part of the journal, they can put examples, details etc, usually shouldbe at least one page); d. questions students still have, leave 2-3 blank lines between each questionfor answers (this is a very important part of the journal, they can use this part to communicatewith professors). Journals were collected randomly once a week. When collected, journals werereviewed and graded in a 10 scale system: 9 means good, 6 is OK and 2 means bad. Studentscannot copy notes when they write journals; instead, they have to use their own words
)which is statistically significant. Although, there were no questions regarding students’ feelingstoward tutors and instructor in pre-program survey, the responses in post-program surveyrepresent high supportive relationship between students and physics jam tutors and instructor(4.4 out of 5). Appendix B shows a summary of students’ comments. Page 23.978.9 Pre- Post- PercentageQuestion Program Program ChangeI feel anxious about studying physics. 2.66 2.57 3.38%1
, only a small number of engineering students study physics either as a second major orat an advanced level in institutions of higher education, such as Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology(RHIT). Engineering technology students in general at Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU) also lacksufficient knowledge of physics, and their performance in classes such as Engineering Statics oftensuffers as a result.With these challenges in perspective, an effort is being made to encourage student interest so that they(a) can discover how to apply physics principles in real-world situations, and thus enhance theirbackground for an engineering/technology discipline, and (b) can be retained in the physics departmentat RHIT, with physics either as a first
Paper ID #14650Ten Ways to Improve Learning Physics as Part of an Engineering CourseProf. Rodrigo Cutri P.E., Instituto Mau´a de Tecnologia Cutri holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Maua Institute of Technology (2001), MSc (2004) and Ph.D. (2007) in Electrical Engineering - University of S˜ao Paulo. He is currently Titular Professor of Maua Institute of Technology, Professor of the University Center Foundation Santo Andr´e, and consultant - Tecap Electrical Industry Ltda. He has experience in Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Industrial Electronics and Engineering Education, acting on the following topics
Paper ID #18439Introducing Coding in Freshman Physics Laboratories using ArduinosDr. Carl K Frederickson, University of Central Arkansas Dr. Frederickson has taught physics at UCA for 22 years. He is the current department chair and is leading the development of a new Engineering Physics degree program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Introducing Coding in Freshman Physics Laboratories using ArduinosAbstractDuring the fall semester 2015 Arduino microprocessors were introduced into the second semestercalculus based physics laboratory. The
. Presentation of advanced technologies in classroom is of primeimportance. In order to demonstrate it, I would like to recite a number of Hi-Tech courses; I am involved in teaching and research at the moment. 2.0 Depiction of Physics Fundamentals in the State-of-Art Technology courses. Illustration of integration of Physics in my courses namely 1) MMICDesign and Fabrication, 2) VLSI Design, and 3) VLSI Fabrication will bepresented through the examples in these courses.2.1 MMIC Design and FabricationExample 2.1: Using Kirchhoff current and voltage laws, derive A, B, C, Dmatrix and calculate the input VSWR for the circuit shown below. The lineis connected to a matched load given
rectangular conductor loop formatand calculate the magnetic field at its center.4) In the following situations, use the simulations arranged:http://web.mit.edu/8.02t/www/802TEAL3D/index.html (Copyright MIT TEAL / Studio Page 26.147.10Physics Project), presents a graphic display of the screen and explain physically what happenswith: a) the magnetic forces between the parallel conductors carrying the current in the samedirection; b) the magnetic forces between the parallel conductors carrying current in oppositedirections; B APPENDIXSheet Project DateTeacher
equilibrium.3. Find examples of systems with stored potential energy that may be dangerous if the potential energy is accidentallyreleased.4. Find interesting examples of real life elastic and inelastic collisions.5. Find why and how roller coasters can be dangerous.6. What are standing waves? Find real-life examples. Page 14.1113.47. a) Ultrasounds used by animals and insects. Find real-life examples. b) Find and discuss real-life examples of electrostatic discharges.8. Infrasounds: what are their applications and physiological effects?9. What is an ultra-capacitor and what are some of its applications?10. Discuss the principle
2006-1215: ACTIVE LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY (ALERT!):MODERN PHYSICSGerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology Gerald (Jerry) Rothberg is a professor of physics and a professor of materials engineering in the department of chemical, biomedical and materials engineering. grothber@stevens.edu Page 11.156.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Active Learning through Technology (ALERT!): Modern PhysicsI. Introduction Large, conventionally taught lecture classes typically suffer from poor attendance and weakstudent performance. This is the situation at Stevens and throughout the United States
Page 26.908.21. IntroductionOver the last 12 months, Wiley has introduced WileyPlus with ORION1, an adaptiveonline learning system that is personalized to students needs. After completing a twentyquestion diagnostic exam to determine their initial proficiency in the chapter subjectmaterial, students are presented with multiple choice practice problems of a difficultydetermined by their performance on the diagnostic exam. The difficulty of practiceproblems presented to them as they continue with their practice also adapts to match theirlevel of performance. To guide their studying, students are provided with reports thatshow performance and study time data broken into specific subject material displayed asa red, yellow or green level and
especially in improving the quality of communication andencouraging the students to share also unfinished steps of the process to receive feedback fromtheir peers and instructors earlier in the process, and ease the difficulty of commenting otherparticipants work. This intensive peer learning and feedback worked well during the collocatedsessions of the course, but the higher communication barriers of the current online tools hinderedit a lot during the remote sessions. The ultimate goal of such a platform would be to make theremote collaboration more enjoyable and more productive than collocated face-to-face work.ReferencesBarron, B. and Darling-Hammond, L., 2010. Prospects and challenges for inquiry-basedapproaches to learning. The nature of
this recombination takes place via an impurity level within the band gap8 inQW active layer.Fig. 4 Illustration of Recombination process and Photon Emission in a) Direct band gap and b) in an indirect band gap semiconductor.9The QW layers can be constructed to enhance the concentration of carriers and hence a largeryield of recombination to emit larger quantities of photons. Fig. 5 shows a typical quantum wellstructure10. As an example a structure consisting of a 10 nm wide GaAs quantum wellembedded between two Al0.1Ga0.9As barriers are shown. The conduction band offset is assumedto be 0.3 eV, the effective mass is assumed to be the mass of GaAs (0.067 m0) in both materials.The grid resolution is 0.5 nm
improvementof our engineering programs.Bibliography1. A. Mitra, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, Prentice Hall, New York (1998)2. J. M. Juran and F. M. Gryna, Quality Planning and Analysis, McGraw Hill, New York (1993)3. P. B. Crosby, Quality without Tears, McGraw Hill, New York, (1984)4. W. E. Deming, Out of the Crisis, MIT Press, Cambridge, (1982) Page 13.1361.75. M. Bailey, R.B. Floersheim, S.J. Ressler, "Course Assessment Plan: A tool for integrated curriculumManagement", Journal of Engineering Education, October 20026. Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, ABET,Baltimore
bache- lor degree in Physics Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey and a doctoral degree in Mathematics Education from Syracuse University, New York. Professor Dominguez is a member of the Researchers’ National System in Mexico (SNI) and currently she is the President of Red de Investigaci´on e Innovaci´on en Educaci´on del Noreste de M´exico (REDIIEN). Angeles has been a visiting researcher at Syracuse Uni- versity, at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches undergraduate courses in Mathematics and grad- uate courses in Education. Professor Dominguez is a thesis advisor on the master and doctoral programs on education at the Tecnologico de Monterrey. Her main research areas are: a) models and modeling, b
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. Page 14.843.2 1As can be observed by looking at the ABET a)-n) Program Outcomes, the SLO’s from all thePhysics courses support achievement of the following Program Outcomes: a), b), d), g), h), i), j),l).In addition, the Physics SLO’s support achievement of SLO’s in future core engineering courses.For example, the knowledge and abilities developed by students in the General Physics I courseare an important pre-requisite for good understanding and ability in the engineering coursesStatics, and Dynamics. Similarly, the SLO’s of General Physics II support achievement of SLO’sin the future Electric Circuit Analysis course. Tables 1 - 3 show the SLO’s of the GeneralPhysics I, Statics, and Dynamics
engineering’s learning, discovery, engagement and collaboration study.Dr. Jinyuan Zhai, University of Akron Jinyuan Zhai is Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron. She earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from The University of Akron in 2016 specializing in solid mechanics areas. Her dissertation work was on Modeling Ductile Damage of Metallic Materials. She has also worked as a lecturer (assistant professor) of mechanical engineering at University of Science and Technology, Beijing. Dr. Zhai received her B. Eng and M. Eng degrees in Engineering Machinery from Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, formerly known as Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Insti- tute where she
professionally in both thermal and mechanical systems areas including the design and realization of such systems.PO’s a, b, and l relate directly to the requirement to study Physics as a fundamental sciencediscipline with laboratory. The Physics lab where students work in teams with colleagues fromvarious programs also prepares students to meet PO’s d and g. In addition, the Physics educationplays a role in the preparation of students to meet PO’s h, i, and j.All SLO’s of the General Physics III course are appropriate for meeting the Program Outcomesmentioned above. Moreover, SLO’s 4 - 7 are especially important in preparing students for thestudy of Thermodynamics, and ultimately for professional work in the “thermal systems area” asrequired by PO n
. identify potential future students and to guide and mentor them in exploring their career options and opportunities, b. elevate the educational gaps between the high school and the first year university for a potential candidate by introducing intermediate topics that can bridge the gaps, and c. provide a campus environment in which the middle school students and high school students can experience their independence and learn responsible decision making as growing adultsThe recruitment avenues include summer or weekend camps for the targeted students and areascience fairs, and feeder school visits (Barger et. al, 2104). Among them, summer camps withspecific themes for the middle and high school students are one of the
. Professor Dominguez is a member of the Researchers’ National System in Mexico (SNI) and currently she is the President of Red de Investigaci´on e Innovaci´on en Educaci´on del Noreste de M´exico (REDIIEN). Angeles has been a visiting researcher at Syracuse University, at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches undergraduate courses in Mathematics and graduate courses in Education. Professor Dominguez is a thesis advisor on the master and doctoral programs on education at the Tec- nologico de Monterrey. Her main research areas are: a) models and modeling, b) use of technology to improve learning and c) evaluation. In addition, Professor Dominguez is the coordinator of the conTIgo T3 Latin America group that focuses
Paper ID #16764Newton’s Third Law of Motion: Elusive Even Among Graduate EngineeringStudentsProf. Christos Zahopoulos PhD, Northeastern University Christos Zahopoulos is Associate Professor at Northeastern University, with a joint appointment in the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, the Department of Physics and the Graduate School of Edu- cation. He is also the Founder and, until last year, the Executive Director of Northeastern University’s Center for STEM Education. For more than 20 years, Professor Christos Zahopoulos has been actively involved in STEM Education at the local, state and national levels, playing a key
AC 2012-4139: PHOTON MASSDr. Bert Pariser, Technical Career Institutes Bert Pariser is a faculty member in the Electronic Engineering Technology and the Computer Science Technology departments at Technical Career Institutes. His primary responsibility is developing curricu- lum and teaching methodology for physics, thermodynamics, electromagnetic field theory, computers, and databases. Pariser has prepared grant proposals to the National Science Foundation, which produced the funding for a Fiber Optics Laboratory. He served as Faculty Advisor to the IEEE and Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society. Pariser was instrumental in merging Tau Alpha Pi National Honor Society into the ASEE. In addition, Pariser co-founded
AC 2008-680: TALES FROM THE WAVE FRONT: TEACHING THE PHYSICS OFCELL PHONES AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSRobert Ross, University of Detroit MercyJenna Ross, Utica Center for Mathematics Science and Technology Page 13.1137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Tales from the Wave Front: Teaching the Physics of Cell Phones and Wireless CommunicationsIntroductionFor over twenty years our college has offered a summer enrichment program for high schoolstudents. The UNinitiates Introduction to Engineering (UNITE) program affords high schoolstudents the opportunity to take courses in writing, mathematics, computer science
AC 2010-2145: MEASUREMENT OF HYDROGEN IN HELIUM FLOWRandy Buchanan, University of Southern MississippiChristopher Winstead, University of Southern MississippiAnton Netchaev, University of Southern MississippiSteven Allee, University of Southern Mississippi Page 15.860.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Measurement of Hydrogen in Helium FlowAbstractThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is one of the largest consumers ofgaseous helium in the world. Because helium is a nonrenewable resource, it is desirable toconserve the gas whenever possible. This research is a first step toward enabling heliumconservation through real-time
Paper ID #17293Embedding Computational Fluid Dynamics Industrial and Research-ScaleProjects Using High-Performance Computing in an Upper-Level Engineer-ing Physics CourseMr. Steven E. Ferguson Jr., University of Central OklahomaAric Martin Gillispie, University of Central OklahomaAdam Dorety, University of Central Oklahoma Adam Dorety is currently a freshman at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). He is involved in UCO Robotics, and the UCO chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has continued his research on the Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) and hopes to compete at the national tournament in