of programming may each be most relevant for different types of careers,but BME programs generally do not know what careers their students will have, and with acrowded curriculum, choices have to be made about what type of computing course(s) to require.In some cases this decision is made for all programs by the engineering school, but more than60% of universities give BME the responsibility of deciding on fundamental programmingcourses, and additional applications courses are at the discretion of the department. The data may be useful in several ways. They show a diversity of approaches, withMATLAB, CAD, and modeling being the most prevalent courses. In general, they allow aprogram to judge whether it is in the mainstream of BME
Autonomous People Mover Alex Avery, Joe Hudden, David Ruan, Eric Schulken, Cody Smith, Jessica VanGiesen, Michael Zielinski, Ray Ptucha Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA of majors work in groups to complete projects over the course ABSTRACT of two semesters. The class structure dictates that the firstMost automobile forecasters predict that by the mid-2020’s semester be devoted to design, research, and planning, whileautonomous driving will transform the automobile market. the second semester is to be
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-tech solution ideal for solving Third World problems. Theprototype is constructed from PVC pipes and has no moving parts except for two commonplacewater pumps. It can be adapted to use renewable energy or marginal heat sources. This invention is also well suited for the First World. If current trends remain, the UnitedStates alone will require 15 trillion more gallons of fresh water per year by 2020. Furthermore,one half of total U. S. population growth is projected for the coastal states of Florida, California,and Texas, all of which are already suffering shortages (4). Power plants and industrial processes reject a great deal of excess heat into theatmosphere or bodies of water, heat that can be used in our evaporator instead
better prepared for each class to some extent; thus theytook less time to solve problems as a group, if not correctly all the time. Some times thestudents are asked to show only the methodology and steps for solving the problem. Theywere then asked to complete the solution as group homework. Some times the data in thesame problems is changed for each group (for example the magnitude of a load or theangle of application of a load), so that their results can be plotted on the board as trendlines. Those who get wrong answers fall out of bounds of the trend line(s) and theyimmediately realize their mistakes. Careful design of classwork problems seems to helpstudents to a great extent as they learn the problem solving techniques just in time. Thefeed
2006. Page 12.101.11 Biomedical Signals and Systems Design Course 11Appendix: Nuts and BoltsEach group had 24 hour access to the following equipment:Analog EquipmentMasterflex L/S pump (77200-60)Cole Palmer Rotameter (10850)Assorted Tubing and ConnectorsKeck Ramp Clamp (C-06835-07)Omega Pressure Gauges (DPG100B-15G)Cole Palmer Pulse Dampener (C-07596-20)Digital EquipmentGreylor Dynesco Pump (PW-12DC)McMillan 111 Flo-MetersAALBorg variable solenoid valve (PSV-5) and driver (PSV-D)Honeywell ASCX05DN pressure transducersLabview 8.0 with controls toolboxKeithley KPCMCIA-16AIAO-C DAQ CardKeithley STP-37 screw terminalAgilent 33120A
, and a take-home activity; details for each are included below.Within a set of activities, the middle school students should be exposed to educational activitiesranging from basic comprehension to design and evaluation to reflecting on what they’ve learnedat home. The design team used Bloom’s Taxonomy7 as a guideline in this, and similar goalshave been set for other middle school engineering modules8. Kits developed to date include HeatTransfer, Chemical Energy, Electrical Energy, Solar Power, and Wind and Water Power.Instruction Manual: The instruction manual consists of a guide sheet, lesson plans, handouts,and assessment forms. The contents of the Instruction Manuals are available online so teacherscan browse and decide which kit(s) to use
directly to the GUIDE scholars. As mentioned previously,the undergraduate students receive scholarships up to $2,500 annually depending on theirindividual student need. The MI students receive scholarships up to $3,000 for a year of support.The current program that is described in this paper ends in October, 2007. The program advisorshave submitted a proposal to the NSF S-STEM program to continue the program and expand it toinclude upper-division students.The GUIDE program has three faculty advisors: two that manage and advise the mentoringteams, organize the seminars and manage the program; the third advisor guides and recruits thegraduate students to the program. The two advisors that manage the program do so inconjunction with their teaching
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-confidence in mathematics than men 9. Seymour and Hewitt 13 interviewed students thatswitched majors and persisted in majors from several disciplines among seven campuses showedthat there is no evidence that those who dropped out of engineering lack preparation, have alower ability, or are unwilling to work. Rather, “problems which arise from the structures of theeducation experience and the culture of the discipline[s] (as reflected in the attitudes andpractices of the S.M.E. faculty) make a far greater contribution to S.M.E. attrition than individualinadequacies of students or the appeal of other majors (p. 392). The main reason why womenswitch out of engineering is because they felt alienation, isolation, and loss of confidence. Thisis primarily
thicknesses and coefficients of friction. • HVAC/Mechanical Systems – Determine the number and size of various components of a distributed HVAC system including as air handling fans, heaters and air conditioners given the loading and the characteristics of the individual system components.Walnut Street BridgeThe first lecture was by a professional engineer involved with the initial design of the bridge andits approach viaducts in the mid 1980’s. He presented an overview of the project including theconstraints imposed by replacing an existing structure in a physically limited urban environment,utilities, and the reuse of existing components such as piers and abutments. The bridge and
found high correlations between the two items about intelligence (0.74) and between the twoitems about programming (0.84). There was a low to negligible correlations among othercombinations, with the strongest (up to 0.3) being between attitudes about intelligence andprogramming items. We assessed the correlations between ratings on each LSI dimension andagreement with the six statements. We found most of the correlations were small. The highestcorrelation was between SEN/INT dimension and the first statement about programming skills.The more strongly a student scores as a “sensor”, the more s/he believes that her/hisprogramming aptitude cannot be changed.We did not uncover any clear evidence that students with different learning styles
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