). Feedback from students demonstrates that thisproject was successful in meeting all of the goals that were set out. Furthermore, students findthis experience worthwhile and fulfilling.AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to acknowledge the students in the 2004 and 2005 offerings of theMobile Robot Design Course in the Systems Engineering Department of the United States NavalAcademy, whose work is shown in the illustrative examples used in this paper.Bibliography1 Piepmeier, J. A., Bishop, B. E., and Knowles, K. A., “Modern Robotics Engineering Education,”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 10, No. 2, June 2003, pp. 33 – 37.2 URL: http://www.trincoll.edu/events/robot/, “Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest,” accessed 12
Station, TX, March 2001. In CDbased Proceedings (no page numbers).4 Jordan, W., and Elmore, B., Making Personal Technology Work Appropriately, presented at the Annual Meeting ofthe American Scientific Affiliation, Grantham, PA, August 2005.5 Bruce, Lori, and Bruce, J.W., Maximizing your Productivity as a Junior Faculty Member: Balancing Research,Teaching, and Service, presented at the A.S.E.E. Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, June 2004. In CD basedProceedings (no page numbers).6 Minerick, Adriene, and Keith, Jason, Culture Shock: Acclimating as a New Faculty Member, presented at theA.S.E.E. Annual Meeting in Portland, June 2005. In CD based Proceedings (no page numbers).7 Davis, Justin, Strategic Planning for New Faculty: From What to How
typical truss, what kind of error would you expect in regards to computing axial force values based on using a pinned-joint assumption versus a restrained-end (i.e., rigid connections) assumption? a. Less than 1% b. About 5 % c. About 10% d. About 20% e. About 40% 2. Which of the following factors would you expect have the biggest influence on the difference between pinned versus restrained end axial force values for a truss? a. The span of the truss. b. The materials used to make the truss. c. The joint details. d. The slenderness of the members. e. The shape of the truss. 3. Without doing any calculation, about how many zero-force
following constraint characteristics: cardinalityconstraints, attribute value constraints, polymorphic constraints and temporal constraints.References1. The Business Rules Group, “Defining Business Rules – What Are They Really?”, February, 2006, http:www.BusinessRulesGroup.org2. Perkins, “Business Rules = Meta Data”, The proceedings of the: Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems, IEEE, 2000. Page 11.1082.73. J. A. Hoffer, M. B. Prescott and F. R. McFadden, “Modern Database Management”, Seventh Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.4. G. Ronald Ross, “Business Rule Concepts”, Business Rule Solutions Inc., 1998.5
, would beseamless.In general, the laboratory exercises are supplemented with numerical stimulation in analogy topractical situations where there are no closed form mathematical expressions. Simulation as aneducation tool has been used for at least 45 years 1. Using numerical simulation also has theadvantage of setting the student's attitude to understand the difficulties of the associated inverseproblems, which usually are the problems that demand attention in the upper division courses aswell as in the workplace. For a technology student, the transition from technical physics toengineering calculus physics is the crucial required paradigm shift in that student’s mindset. Thecalculus foundation is enhanced by the Excel programming.II-B Student
engineering was taught using both collaboration and competition. In this course,students collaborated in two ways. First, they worked with their teammates in the projects. Page 11.1223.2Second, each team had representatives to form three cross-team committees. (a) The stan-dard committee defined the common interface and wrote the library so that the programbuilt by each team could compete. (b) The quality committee wrote testing code that usedthe standard interface. Any team that failed the tests would be disqualified from the finalcompetition. (c) The contest committee decided the competition rules and wrote the codeto decide the winner in each game. The
Felder3, or the ASEE conference proceedings / engineeringeducation literature4-10.Glossary of “Research Topics”There are several terms used throughout this paper for your possible research topics.They are defined here for the convenience of the reader.Topic X Your PhD Dissertation TopicTopic Y A new research topic for you that is closely related to Topic XTopic A A “hot research topic” that is not related to Topic X or Topic YTopic B A “hot research topic” that is not related to Topic X or Topic Y (but is closely related to Topic A)Starting Up Your Research ProgramSince the number one expectation of a faculty member is to perform research or someother form of scholarly activity, this is where the
anexperimental modal analysis of the boring bar is shown in Fig. 6. These results werecaptured from the screen when conduction experiment via the client PC. In Fig. 6 a) is aFrequency Response Function (FRF) estimate presented and in Fig. 6 b) thecorresponding coherence function. a) b)Figure 6. Screen shoots of the client PC showing in a) a frequency response function estimate after afrequency response measurement and in b) the corresponding coherence function estimate. Page 11.1428.9Saving DataOne great advantage with this client compared to the previous version is the possibilityto
working fluids. The General Control Volume Approach With the introduction of the control volume at the very beginning of the class the instructor has to assume that students do not yet have a grasp of energy, work, mass flow heat etc. in a thermodynamics context. This can be a good thing as what is important, at this stage, is the generality of the general control volume approach. It will be used for various different properties throughout the course and to this end the “property” (B), of interest in our control volume analysis is initially chosen as something that students can readily associate with. The author has used money, beer, gold dust and
). Page 11.578.7Appendix 1.Questions 1 through 4 refer to two cups of water, A and B, which contain different amounts of water. Thewater in each cup is heated as described. In questions 1 through 3 cups are in a room where thetemperature 25 °C. In question 4 the cups are in different environments. For each question choose one ofthe four answers A through D. A) Cup A had more heat energy transferred B) Cup B had more heat energy transferred C) Both cups had the same amount of heat energy transferred D) Not enough information is given to determine the answer A B
that students may nothave thought about (such as a relationship between environmental temperature and animalsize and shape).Then come hands-on activities, which are designed for groups of three or four students. Theactivities range in time from a few minutes to 1 – 2 class periods. These are mentioned below.Each section ends with text that expounds the concepts in the hands-on activities.The SectionsIn Section 1, an extra effort is made to engage students. There are three hands-on parts—eachwith the same theme but with very different materials:o A: applying a flame to steel in two forms: a nail and steel woolo B: adding water to a superabsorbent polymer in two forms: pellets and powdero C: dissolving in the mouth five forms of sugar
Engineering at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, from which he received both the BSEE and MSEE degrees. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi. E-mail: dmares@uwyo.eduSteven Barrett, University of Wyoming Steven F. Barrett, Ph.D, P.E., is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. His research interests include signal and image processing, real-time embedded computer systems, biomedical instrumentation, and microcontroller-based design. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, and Tau Beta Pi. E-mail: steveb@uwyo.eduThad Welch, U.S. Naval Academy Thad B. Welch, Ph.D, P.E., is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the U.S
in Chemistry, it would seem that theACT Science would be a good predictor. For this data discussed in this report, the ACT mathwas a better predictor than the ACT Science so the discussion is limited to the ACT math andSAT math tests in the remainder of this report.ACT Literature ReviewA literature review was conducted of research papers published on the ACT website. ACTresearchers have published a significant research paper showing that the ACT math cut- pointscan be used to predict the success of students in Calculus. In their study including a largenumber of colleges, ACT researchers established an ACT Math cut-point of 27 for studentshaving a 50% chance of earning a B or better in the first college calculus course and a 75%chance of
in the final statistical analysis were: (a) parents’opinions or views about the importance of a career and how to pursue information about careeroptions, (b) information orientation features (decision orientation, receptivity, informationsources, and information credibility), (c) stereotypical and positive attitudes about the attributesof toward IT workers (such as that they are hardworking, smart, and creative, or anti-socialloners, geeks, and males), (d) frequency and type of computer use, and (e) IT career interest andchoice. Response options were: disagree (1), slightly disagree (2), slightly agree (3), and agree(4). All measures were coded such that the higher the value, the more positive the interpretation.Items about general
otherwise has none?3. Course Delivery OverviewAs shown in Table 1, the course was offered four times in 2004 to a total of 91 students,and three times in 2005 to a total of 40 students. Table 1. List of Sections of Fundamentals Course Delivered in 2004 and 2005. Semester Timeframe Course Instructor # Students 1Q04 Apr 19 - May 30 SYS630 A 21 2Q04 Aug 9 - Sep 17 SYS630 B 21 3Q04 Sep 13 - Oct 24 SYS630 A 23 4Q04 Sep 27 - Nov 7 SYS630 B 26 91 2Q05 Apr 11 - May 20 SYS630
works may helpstudents to better appreciate and understand the atomic nature and structure of matter,relevant for high school chemistry classrooms. Instructional Learning Goal(s) Standards Link New Nano-concepts materials Section Activity 1: A Many ways to measure NSES/5-8/B/3,a, c A nano-nose can be used to detect Sense of Distance distance other than with eyes NSES/9-12/B/3, c, d small amounts of vapors. and ruler; concept of reference NSES/9-12/B/4, a, b A nano-ear can be used to listen to 2061/6-8/12B/5 small vibrations. Activity 2
students during the fall semester of 2005; each interview lasted about onehour and was videotaped. Student volunteers were identified through three rounds of emailsolicitation. In the first round, we contacted students who had taken ECE290 and CS231 duringthe Summer 2005 session, and only students with A grades responded. To achieve a diversity ofachievement levels in our interview subjects, we contacted students who had taken these coursesduring the Spring 2005 semester and received course grades of “C and lower” and “B/B-” in thesecond and third solicitations, respectively. Of the eight students whom we interviewed, threehad taken CS231 and five had taken ECE290. Two students were women.Students were first asked to reflect on their experiences
“Linear Algebra” are: the definitionof the determinant, the invertible matrix theorem, stating that a matrix is invertible if and only ifits determinant is nonzero, and so on. The vertices in this graph are dependencies betweenlearning units: a vertex is drawn from A to B if B is a precondition for A, i.e. B has to be taught Page 11.349.3 Course in the Content Area requires Kernel requires Matrix recommends Gauss
engineering educator and the separation of design from researchwill be contentious.References: Page 11.412.91. http://www.jssgallery.org/Paintings/Carnation_Lily_Lily_Rose.htm2. Criteria For Accrediting Engineering Programs, Effective for Evaluations During the 2006-2007 Accreditation Cycle, Engineering Accreditation Commission, ABET, Inc., www.abet.org3. Funk and Wagnalls New International Dictionary of the English Language.4. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2004, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company5. Lerner, A. L., KenKnight, B. H., Rosenthal, A., Yock, P. G
, the fall 2005 implementation included 15 weekly lessons byEngE faculty followed by 14 weekly workshops by graduate students. All GTAs participated in anumber of teaching related training activities. The faculty introduced the notion of sustainabilityin the week 5 lecture by, first, asking three world facts questions as below, adapted from thework of an MIT researcher Amy Smith [4], with the intent of knowing students’ prior awarenessof sustainability related issues. Students recorded their responses using a clicker device. Question 1: What percent of the world’s population lives on less than $1 per day? A. 5% B. 20% C. 50% D. 75% E. 90% Question 2: How many people in the world do not have access to safe drinking
, and School (Expanded edition), National Academy Press, Washington, D. C.2. Meyer, David G., “Introduction to Digital System Design”, http://shay.ecn.purdue.edu/~dsml/ece270. Last accessed on January 18, 2006.3. Paschal, Cynthia B., (2002) “Formative Assessment In Physiology Teaching Using a Wireless Classroom Communication System”, Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 299-308.4. Fitch, James L., (2004) “Student Feedback in the College Classroom: A Technology Solution”, Educational Technology Research and Development, Vol. 52, No. 1, pp. 71-81.5. Soloman, Barbara and Richard Felder, “Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire”, http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html. Last
B ? È0 0 Ù É D2 D2 Úand ÇK 0 0 0 C?È 1 É0 0 K2 0ÙÚ .Where K1 and K2 are static gains, D2 is a combination term * + D2 ? J A J d - m p r 2 - m 2p l cg2 r 2and J A is the pendulum moment of inertia about its mounting joint
ofEquipment Storage Building and Office included preparation of contract documents and thebuilding of the Athletic Equipment Storage Building and Office. (a) (b) Figure 2 Graffiti on Walls, Rusted Steel Roof Trusses and Part of Collapsed RoofHUD Policy PrioritiesThis project satisfied the following HUD Policy Priorities. • Improving the Quality of Life in Our Nation’s Communities. This project seeks to turn an abandoned dilapidated old factory facility that area children turned into a gang meeting place for anti-social activities into an outdoor athletic center where the children of low-income families can a have safe and supervised environment for athletic activities
Engineering Students Using Fun Animation in MATLABAbstract - This paper describes an approach to teach computer programming concepts tofirst-year engineering students. The environment of choice is Matlab, and the teachingmethod consists of requiring the students to create a project in which they will code acomputer game with the use of functions that are provided to them. The gaming aspect ofthe project generates a high level of fun which enhances the learning process. The projectis one of the four modules that Engineering Freshmen work on while taking their twoIntroduction to Engineering Systems courses. It spans half a semester, and, unlike theother three group-based projects, is individually-based.Matlab provides a wide range of animation tools
/PEAKS (Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate), 2) Fast Track to Work, 3) GEM fellowships, and “Building a Foundation for Graduate School” Graduate Preparation Seminar (40 hours) CE595V, 3 credit hours. Her efforts Page 11.930.1 have been focused on increasing the number of women and underrepresented minority students receiving master and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Colorado, and nationally. b. Undergraduate: 1) Louis Stokes Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation (LS CO)-AMP), 2) CSEM Scholarships (Computer
thatessentially has the same questions, but with different numbers. Please read the followingalternatives carefully and indicate whether you think that this is a good idea IF: a. No answers or solutions are available. b. Answers are provided for some of each student's problems, but no solutions. c. Answers are provided for some of all of each student's problems, but no solutions. d. Answers are provided for some of each student's problems, and solutions are provided for some of each student's problems(before the homework's due date). e. Answers are provided for all of each student's problems, and olutions are provided for each problem, but the solution uses ifferent numbers than the student's problem. f. Answers are provided for all of
Duke University and a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley.Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University Cheryl B. Schrader is Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University. Dean Schrader has an extensive record of publications and sponsored research in the systems, control and engineering education fields. She recently received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House for an enduring, strong, and personal commitment to underrepresented engineering students and faculty
Factors Low (-1) High (+1) Insert Geometry (A) Normal Wiper Cutting Speed (B) 800 SFM 900 SFM Feed Rate (C) 0.006 in/rev 0.008 in/rev Depth of Cut (D) 0.050 in 0.075 inThe tools used by the students were Kennametal CNMG 12 04 08 FW and FNinserts. The geometries represent different chip breakers, where FW is a wiperinsert designed to produce a better surface finish. Inserts were finishing inserts ofKC9110 grade. Separate tool edges were used for each cutting speed. Themachining operation was performed on 2 inch (5.08 cm) bars of 1045 steel. Priorto the performing the experiment, bars were cut to length, faced
knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering; b. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data; c. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs; d. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams; e. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems; f. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility; g. an ability to communicate effectively; h. the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context; i. a recognition of the need for, and the ability to engage in, life-long learning; j. a knowledge of contemporary issues, especially those related to mechanical
Page 11.814.3better assesses learning in students who do poorly on tests that require them to memorize a set ofvocabulary words.Each team of students created a Lymphatic System Comic Book that explained a list of topicssimilar to the following: Lymph, interstitial fluid, and blood Arterial capillaries, venous capillaries, and lymphatic capillaries Lymph nodes and lymphatic nodules Spleen, Red bone marrow, and Thymus Helper T-cells, Killer T-cells, and Memory T-cells B-cells Macrophages Antigen presenting cells Skeletal and Respiratory pumps MHC proteinsOur students appreciated not having to memorize the lymphatic system vocabulary, and theywere pleasantly surprised by their own