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- Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Eswara Venugopal
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does not indicate a single pattern that can be established to explainstudent performance on these questions. For example, questions 3 and 7 involve circuits withmultiple batteries, either in series or parallel with each other, and with lamps. However, studentswere not exposed to such situations in laboratory activities. We interpret the results as indicatingan area for improvement of the experiments.On the other hand, we found an interesting contradiction in student performance on Question 29,which is reproduced below: Question 29: What happens to the brightness of bulbs A and B when the switch is closed? C (A) A stays the same, B dims. A (B) A brighter, B dims
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- Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics
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- Jonathan Bougie, American University; Philip Johnson, American University; Nathan Harshman, American University; Teresa Larkin, American University; Michael Black, American University
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AC 2007-2555: REDESIGNING A MAJOR: A CASE STUDY OF A CHANGINGCURRICULUMJonathan Bougie, American UniversityPhilip Johnson, American UniversityNathan Harshman, American UniversityTeresa Larkin, American UniversityMichael Black, American University Page 12.1232.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Redesigning a Major: A Case Study of a Changing CurriculumAbstractThis paper presents a case study of a significant change and reorientation in the curriculum andcourse progression of a physics program at a national university. Faculty designed this newcurriculum based on comparative research of 22 undergraduate programs in physics. Data fromthis study includes
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- Denise Martinez, Tarleton State University
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AC 2007-764: FIRST-TIME ACCREDITATION OF A SMALL,MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PHYSICS PROGRAMDenise Martinez, Tarleton State University Dr. Denise Martinez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Engineering at Tarleton State University. Her research interests include K12 Outreach and Engineering Education Techniques and Assessment as well as Control Systems and Signal Processing. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2001 and is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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- Radian Belu, Wayne State University; Alexandru Catalin Belu, Wayne State University
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electrodynamics attractive seems much more elegant if one can provethem. Once a result is obtained in the discrete theory, it is trivially true in the continuumlimit; learning the corresponding continuum limit; learning the corresponding continuumresult requires no additional effort.Maxwell’s equations are equations for determining the time evolution of two vectorfields, the electric field E and the magnetic field B. ρ dE ρ 1 ρ = c 2 curl B − j (25) dt ε0 ρ dB ρ = − curl E (26) dtAnd the continuity equation
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- Gerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology
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lecturer, of the new technologies. More will besaid about this later. Before ALERT! With ALERT! All Students A=66=28% A=95=32% A=161=30(8)% B=36=15% B=44=15% B=80=15(3)% C=88=38% C=117=39% C=205=39(3)% D=19=8% D=15=5% D=34=6(3)% F=24=10% F=27=9% F=51=10(4)% exc=15=6% exc=48=16% exc=63=12(6)% Total 233 Total 298 Total 531Table
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- Sabina Jeschke, University of Stuttgart; Olivier Pfeiffer, Technische Universitat Berlin; Thomas Richter, Technische Universitat Berlin; Harald Scheel, Technische Universitat Berlin; Christian Thomsen
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freely available webbrowser plug-in has to be downloaded and installed. Remote experiments can easily be combinedor extended due to the modular programming structure of LabView.13We can now run the same experiment -namely that of measuring the hysteresis loop of magneti-zation vs. magnetic field- in reality: a magnetic coil generates a magnetic field H that is propor-tional to the current passing through it, which is controlled by the computer. The magnetic fieldmagnetizes a ferromagnetic core. The Magnetic induction B is measured by a Hall probe, see Page 12.1120.5Fig. 4. The measured value is then digitized by an analog-digital converter that
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- Gerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology; Pavel Boytchev, Sofia University
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AC 2007-1912: SOFTLAB VIRTUAL LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT.THERMODYNAMICS EXAMPLESGerald Rothberg, Stevens Institute of Technology Gerald Rothberg is a professor of physics and a professor of materials engineering in the Department of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. Gerald.Rothberg@stevens.eduPavel Boytchev, Sofia University Pavel Boytchev is an associate professor in the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics at Sofia University, Bulgaria. He is the creator of the Elica programming language and teaches Elica based courses. boytchev@fmi.uni-sofia.bg