SystemWe also have a mass that consist of several squares of aluminum. With this particular mass wecan show the effects of viscous damping by using squares of different sizes. When the largersquares are used it is obvious that there is more viscous damping as the mass stops vibrating a lotsooner than when only smaller squares are used. As one can see from the picture below we caneasily interchange the metal squares. This allows us to do several different cases quite quickly.This setup also allows us to set up a project where the students try to actually calculate thedamping coefficient for the spring mass system. The students are given the apparatus shownabove and a two meter stick. Their job is to find the spring constant for the spring, weight
, 166-175. 3. Knowles, M., Holton, E., & Swanson, R. (1998). The adult learner: The definitive classic in adult Page 14.16.7 education and human resource development. Burlington, MA: Gulf Professional Publishing.4. Johari, A.& Bradshaw, A.C. (2008). Project-based learning in an internship program: A qualitative study of related roles and their motivational attributes. Education Technology Research and Development. 56(3), 329-359.5. Vansteenkiste, M., Timmermans, T., Lens, W., Soenens, B., & Van den Broeck, A. (2008). Does extrinsic goal framing enhance extrinsic goal-oriented individuals
. Grantham Lough served as a research scientist for 21st Century Systems where she has added risk assessment techniques to their existing defense software products. Also, she was involved with projects to identify both hardware and software failures in mechatronic systems. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at UMR in 2005. Dr. Grantham Lough’s current research interests are product design theory and methodology, sustainable design, as well as failure and risk identification and mitigation. Page 14.1367.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 What New Faculty
AC 2009-556: SYNERGISTIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USINGBLACKBOARD LEARNING CELLSAdrian Ieta, State University of New York, OswegoRachid Manseur, State University of New York, OswegoThomas Doyle, McMaster University Thomas E. Doyle holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Science (2006) from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. He also holds a B.E.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, a B.Sc. in Computer Science, and an M.E.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Western Ontario. He worked on industrial projects with PlasSep Ltd, within the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group at The University of Western
external, viewed positively or negatively?On the other hand, the administrators are also faced with similar questions regarding the progressand performance of young faculty members. These questions inc lude : What are the importantmetrics that need to be measured and tracked1-4 ? How can you measure the respect of a facultymember in their professional community? How can a faculty member’s contribution be separatedfrom a collaborative project or grant? Finally, most administrators need to understand if thefaculty member is developing a sustainable research program that will not only lead to tenureand promotion but also keep them active and prod uctive unt il they achieve the rank of fullprofessor.The purpose of this paper is to describe a visual
that the instructor hasa much larger scope for instruction than was suspected at the onset of this project and theevaluation system will change accordingly. The questions for these surveys mainlyfocused on students’ prior knowledge of iron and steel science and industry, as well astheir interest in them. Two questions given in the first survey were: Do you know of any steel plants in the area or in the U.S., and can you describe any of the products that they make? In 1-2 sentences, describe your impressions of the steel industry.Two questions from the second survey were: Did the presentation pique your interest in any particular area of ferrous materials engineering, e.g. processing, property testing, or
work with Bill Boeingon the wind tunnel project, Millerresigned from the University in thesummer of 1917 to become ChiefEngineer at the newly renamed BoeingAirplane Company.6 Concurrent with this turn ofevents, the Mechanical Engineering Fig. 2 The Boeing Wind Tunnel at the University ofdepartment began a search for a new Washington (c.1918). Clairmont Egtvedt isfaculty member to implement and third from left. This facility is still in use butinstruct a complete aeronautics with a modern 3’x3’ wind tunnel inside.curriculum. This search led to thehiring of Frank McKone for the 1917-1918 academic year. The curriculum that McKoneorganized
to provide a line of coursework, (among other subjects) in physics, environmentalradioactivity, radiation protection and dosimetry, and radiation detection. Currently, this is theonly program that exists in the Houston area that can provide instruction at the undergraduateand graduate level in health physics. This is especially important considering the South TexasNuclear Project, owned by NRG Services, is potentially the largest employer of health physicistsin the region and their need will grow as two additional nuclear reactors are added to this site. Page 14.670.6While this program is academically rigorous, the practical application of
. MAPLE® is then introduced via examples,i.e., worksheets are shown and discussed for problems solved in the board. Students learn basicoperations with the software, and tutorials, as well as a great amount of examples, are madeavailable via the courses / authors web site. In some instances Teaching Assistants are used inthe courses for more challenging assignments.Some of these examples are currently used by the authors in the classroom. The problems arediscussed and then numerical solutions are shown and analyzed. In other instances, a problem isgiven as an assignment and a numerical solution utilizing MAPLE® is required. In the dynamicsclass at the University of Michigan computer projects are common. For instance, a probleminvolving friction
professional degrees. Prospective graduate students often perceive the lengthy time-to-degree and the rigid “path” for degree completion as limiting to their futures. Several discussants referenced the alternative options industry collaboration may provide, e.g., the Professional PhD, wherein graduate students would spend a more abbreviated period within the classroom and enter the field while being “co-mentored” by academe and industry to complete dissertation or research projects. ≠ Address impacts of climate issues on graduate students and education. Increasing the “visibility” of women faculty and fostering faculty-student interaction may help retain women graduate students. Developing cohorts
?”, Proceeding of ASEE Conference and Exposition, 2002, Online: http://soa.asee.org/paper/conference/paper-view.cfm?id=17805.3. João Palma, Luis Lacerda, José Antunes, Filomena Simoes, “ A Multipurpose Process Simulator for Automation Engineering Laboratory”, IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics, July 7-11, 1997, Vol. 3, pp. 931-935.4. Antonio M. Lopez, Victor M. Gonzalez, Jose M. Enguita, Felipe Mateos, Antonio Robles, “Software Tools for Helping with the Design and Implementation of Automation Projects”, Proceeding of 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oct. 10-13, 2001, pp. F4C-12-F4C-17.5. J. Flochova, D. Mudroncik, “Industrial Control Software Teaching at the Department of ACS FEI STU”, Online
calculating the element stiffness matrix in the Appendix. Stiffness and maxi-mum stress of the perforated beam are compared to the corresponding values for a beam withoutholes obtained from conventional beam theory. Students experiment with a brute force method ofmeshing around the holes by starting with a finite element mesh of the solid beam and then cal-culating the distance from the center of each circle to the midpoint of all elements. Only thoseelements are retained in the analysis whose midpoint lies outside of all circles. If the finite ele-ment mesh is fine, this extraordinary simple and efficient procedure, which constitutes a particu-lar highlight of this project, approximates the circles well (see Fig. 3). A summary of the corres
thelibrary tradition of honing one’s database searching skills on the standard tools of the computerworld: hardware, software, and the network.The Firefox Open Source browser allows customization through what it calls add-ons (alsocalled extensions). Mozilla was originally formed from the ruins of Netscape, a pioneeringbrowser that was seen off by Internet Explorer. Before it died, Netscape relicensed its browseras Open Source. It became the Mozilla Project and Firefox was the browser. The bare-bonesnature of the original Firefox led to a virtuous circle where the released browser became popular,the developers took advantage of the easily installable add-ons to create more add-ons andfeatures, and the popularity of the add-ons lead to more people
drivenby the need in our program to update its electronics and telecommunications curriculum to teachpacket-based communications. We have discussed the different areas that students are mostlycurious about, and as future work we plan to develop these other areas as well. Otherexperiments (along with updated lecture contents) will include wireless networks and securityissues under this VoIP initiative umbrella.References1. Bur Goode, “Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP),” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 90, No. 9, pp. 1495-1517, September 2002.2. Goulart, A., “Voice over IP – VoIP”, http:// www.matec.org/convention/archive2008/presentations_2008.htm.3. Goulart, A., A project on combining laboratory and simulation experiments on Voice over IP
and indirect assessment of studentperformance, systematic data collection, assembly, analysis and evaluation. Furthermore, theprogram must demonstrate that there is a continuous improvement process in place. For newprograms or existing programs, transition to this new outcomes-based approach can be difficult.At many institutions the program outcomes are assessed using various rubrics. Course content ismapped directly to the program outcomes and student grades are used to show the level ofachievement of the program outcomes. Faculty course assessment reports are used to measureand document the program outcomes3,4,5. Capstone courses are where culminating projects aregiven to the students. Therefore, sometimes these courses are used either to
administrators must determine the extent or severity of the situation, andprovide interventions accordingly. One framework for such decision-making is establishingwhether the condition represents an isolated incident, a pattern-of-behavior, or a systemicproblem.An isolated incident is typically a one-time occurrence, and may be either a mistake orintentional. An example of an isolated incident would be a student on a rare occasion arriving toclass late. A Pattern-of-behavior is defined as repeated offences, usually with increasinglynegative impacts on the student or others. As example of a pattern-of-behavior would be astudent’s inability to get along with classmates on project work teams in several classes. Finally,a systemic problem is manifested in
Faculty E421 was changed to have different analytical models for different disciplines or tasks.29 (Contractors, consultant, project, process, etc.) Faculty, Spring Fall 2005 students 2005 TG 401 and TG 501 were added to the EM section of the ACE assessment website30 Faculty Fall 2004 Fall 2005 As part of the process of combining EM 366 with EM 365, space was opened up in the31 curriculum for a new course. The new course EM 351 Management of
websources. The other instructs students in how to use the library databases for research purposes.The library exercises form the research component of the final, collaborative project – a researchpaper - done in the course. Much of the latter part of the semester is directed toward thecompletion of the final research paper. We do a brief instruction in teamwork skills that isdesigned to assist them in working with others. In essentially all of our developing competencepedagogy the assignments and learning objectives remain the same for both our engineering andtechnology groups. Differences may occur due to different characteristics in cohorts of students.These may include such things as SAT or ACT scores, class rank, and high school GPA.In the area
Engineering Education ̇ Traveling Energy Education Exhibition in cooperation with the Cincinnati Museum Center ̇ Development of permanent Energy Education Exhibition at the Cincinnati Museum Center ̇ Technology conferences for alternative energy and industry development ̇ Career center for power generation industry ̇ Career center for power distribution and control industry ̇ Community Outreach for conservation projects – Cincinnati Go Green effort Ü CAS Online – expansion – provide course content for distance learning in this sectorFuture Plans:Duke Energy and the UC College of Applied Science have a demonstrated long and
) from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez; MS (2000) and PhD (2004) degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Michael Golla, Texas A&M University Prof. Michael Golla is a lecturer in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He teaches courses in the areas of mechanical power and fluid power technology. Prof. Golla’s interests are in manufacturing systems, entrepreneurship, engineering project management, and process improvement. He received his BS degree in engineering technology (1997), and a MBA (2002) from Texas A&M University. He has worked for several
atMissouri University of Science and Technology. The principal conclusion is that it is imperativeto the success of this type of program to provide a mechanism for frequently collecting feedbackin order to prioritize and schedule activities to best meet the needs of participants.IntroductionThe National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project “A Program to Facilitate ScholasticAchievement in Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics” at Missouri University ofScience and Technology (Missouri S&T) ran from August 15, 2004 through July 31, 2009. Thegoals of this program were to address: (1) the decline in the number of students pursuing degreesin mathematics, computer science, and engineering, and (2) the minimal rate of low-incomestudents
AC 2009-351: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A CHARACTERISTICIMPEDANCE CALCULATORAmendra Koul, Missouri University of Science and Technology Amendra Koul received his B.Tech in electronics and communication from Vellore Institute of Technology in Vellore, India in 2006 and is currently pursuing his M.S. in electrical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He won the second place in the IEEE India Council best student paper contest 2004. From Jan’06 to June’06 he was selected on a scholarship to pursue his undergraduate project in electromagnetic compatibility laboratory in ESIGELEC France. From July 2006 to July 2007, he was working with Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. in
combine several measures such as homework, projects,participation, quizzes, and examinations. The effectiveness of these measures is often studiedwith the most emphasis placed on the validity and reliability of the statistical reporting.Determining validity is difficult and since most professors who create these measures are nottesting experts, a practical approach is to use content validity (content represents an adequatesampling of what was taught). The difficulty of the questions is of concern as well, for as Stennerpointed out, “If you don’t know why this question is harder than that one, then you don’t knowwhat you are measuring.”9 By looking at the difficulty of exam questions, you should be able todevelop questions of higher content
take up innovative project works and funding them. 7) Mandatory industrial training for a period of 4 to 6 weeks during summer months and the requirement for students to maintain an Industrial Training Diary. 8) Continuous training and professional development of faculty through the Academic Staff College of VIT University. 9) Organizing guest lectures, conferences, symposia, workshops and seminars in emerging areas of technology as well as on recent trends in the existing technologies by visiting professors, scientists, and practicing engineers from industry. 10) Higher emoluments and performance incentives for faculty and staff.Conclusions The goals of VIT University are to become a Centre of Excellence and a
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration 2004, accessed November 24, 2004 at www.cic.gc.ca. Page 11.348.97 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba, Statistics on assessment outcomes for internationally-educated engineers, 2002 through 2004, received May 9, 2005.8 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, Pilot Project for Internationally Trained Engineers, available at www.apeg.bc.ca/intreng/pilot-int-train-eng.html9 Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, Pathways, available at www.pathways.ospe.on.ca10
Techniques ‚ Design Project I/IIThe laboratory component is an integral part of the CME program. Hands-on experiences areemphasized throughout the curriculum in various laboratory and lecture-lab courses. Studentsgain experiences in experimental methods in a number of laboratory courses as well. Because ofthe hands on experiences and involvement with industry, the CME program has been involvedwith a number of regional and national engineering competitions. These include compositebridge building and solar car race competitions.The major contribution that this undergraduate CME program has had is to the compositesindustry by providing them human resources to expand and develop their marketplace objectives.This is evidenced by a high percentage of
Info; Top class; Convene; Learning Space; Mentor Ware; Mallard 6,WebCT and others . Among these instructional tools, WebCT has been broadly used by manyacademic institutions and with low cost 7. Following are the WebCT tools used to create anactive learning environment:• Calendar Tool• Bulletin Board Tool• Quiz ToolCalendar Tool: This tool is useful to post the dates for the quizzes, tests, and final examination.This tool is also useful for posting the due dates for homework assignments and design projects.Bulletin Board Tool: This tool is useful to send messages to entire class. The students used thistool to have discussion on homework assignments and design projects. In Digital Systems
the present age. In addition, simulations provided on the instructor’s resources compact disk (IRCD) were shown and discussed on various topics such as solid solubility of carbon in steel, diffusion, and dislocation motion were shown and discussed.• Accessing the Internet to obtain freely-available materials information and simulation programs; e.g., MATTER project in UK (www.matter.org.uk). The web site contains information, property data, application notes, on-line experiments, case studies on a number of industrially-significant aluminum and ferrous alloys. The students were asked to explore this website and subsequently take a quiz (also available on the same website) during one of the laboratory sessions
subsequent analysis.Use of TFT at the University of California at Northridge and at the United States Air ForceAcademy have been reported previously.1,2 Having employed TFT in various homeworks and onstudent projects, a logical extension was to use it to perform the tedious calculations quickly in agraph of thermodynamic properties that allows the student to quickly visualize how propertyplots change—used in an introductory thermodynamics course, the students are not required toenter the TFT function calls themselves—TFT is transparent to the students in this application.(Here, TFT is employed solely for the evaluation of thermal properties in individual cells; thespreadsheet layout, slide-bar interface, and tutorials were designed by the current
password recovery, it does lack the rich output providedby LC5 as no report is given other than that of a password having been cracked. Therefore, itmeets only minimal requirements to act as a password auditing application.John the RipperJohn the Ripper is an open source application developed by Openwall Project and now in version1.6 since 1998 can be found at their home page. It was originally developed for UNIX operatingsystems, but a version was ported for Windows as well that will run under DOS can crack AFSpasswords and WinNT LM hashes 9. Since John the Ripper will run under Windows as a DOSapplication, it does not have a graphical user interface and must be called via the command line.However, it does offer a wealth of command line options