Conference Session

Retention Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie Walser, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

integration. This sense of belonging and theperceived and actual quality of learning, together with any external commitments, lead to arevision of the initial goals and commitments, and to the decision to stay or leave. This decisionmaking process is a continuous process, because student characteristics and institutional andexternal environments can and do change over time.3.b Transfer studentsIn general, about 23 percent of students nationwide leave their initial program voluntarily 5.Including academic dismissal, nationwide attrition from higher education has been consistentlyaround 50 percent for several decades 6, 7. Of all students in the United Stated who began theirpostsecondary education in the academic year 1995-96, 32 percent had

Conference Session

Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven; Corinne Lenk, Smith College

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Aerospace

binder/deliverable (How-To-Guide) that clearly explains how to complete each step of applying to and participating in the RGSFOP. This will be bequeathed to the engineering department in that future Smith students will find it a valuable resource.Learning OutcomesOn completion of the course, students shall: 1. Be able to complete the NASA project design specifications under realistic constraints, including: a. Identify appropriate technical requirements, as well as economic and regulatory constraints b. Conceive potential solutions meeting requirements and constraints c. Make effective use of external resources to identify data required to make engineering decisions

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Oklahoma State University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

was supported through the National Science Foundation through theCAREER program (NSF9984896); the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvementprogram (NSF0088279), and the Department Level Planning Grants for Engineering Education(NSF0230695). LASER CULT case studies are available on-line3, as are portfolios of studentwork8. The author acknowledges generous equipment donations from Melles Griot andThorlabs.Bibliography1 Committee on Optical Science and Engineering, Harnessing light: Optical science and engineering in the 21st century. (National Academy Press, Washington, D. C., 1998).2 S. B. Feichtner and E. A. Davis, "Why some groups fail: a survey of students' experiences with learning groups," J. Organ. Behav. Teaching Soc

Conference Session

Electrical ET Curriculum

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Richardson, Purdue University; John Denton, Purdue University; James Jacob, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

personal listening device to the amplifiers andloudspeakers. From this first exposure to audio amplifiers, students gain an understanding ofwhy they are necessary, a confidence that they can build and test an amplifier, a familiarizationwith fundamental audio parameters, how each is measured, and the impact each has on what isheard. A more rigorous iteration of audio power amplifiers is presented in a required sophomorelevel semester course on Power Electronics. The last four weeks of this course are dedicated tothe operation, analysis, and design of class B audio amplifiers implemented with both ICs and acombination of op amps and MOSFETs. The section opens with lectures covering the audioprinciples necessary to control the desired volume at

Conference Session

Design Methods and Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cari Bryant, University of Missouri-Rolla; Eric Pieper, University of Missouri-Rolla; Brandon Walther, University of Texas-Austin; Tolga Kurtoglu, University of Texas-Austin; Robert Stone, University of Missouri-Rolla; Daniel McAdams, University of Missouri-Rolla; Matthew Campbell, University of Texas-Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

products in the repository from which togenerate these matrices, allowing the designer to select the group of product knowledge to build Page 11.1138.8new concepts from.1(a)(b)Figure 3: Concept Generator user interface for (a) inputting the FCM, DSM, and functionalmodel for automatic concept generation, and (b) browsing through the list of returned concept Page 11.1138.9variant chains.1Next, the user enters the number of distinct flow chains contained in the conceptual functionalmodel. This initial version of the Concept Generator software limits flow

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ECE Poster Session

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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K Krishnamurthy, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG); Keith Stanek, University of Missouri-Rolla; Vittal Rao, University of Missouri-Rolla

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Electrical and Computer

LED Switches array (open/close, (mode mode select) setting) (a) (b)Figure 2. Prototype window with automatic blinds system. (a) Blinds assembly. (b) Microcontroller circuit.The objective of this project was to design a prototype automatic blinds system that maximizedsolar heat gain during winter and minimized solar heat gain during summer. Figure 2a shows apicture of the blinds system, which was designed and built

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

funding for K-12 science and mathematics; B. increase federal fundingon research; C. recruit the best and brightest scientists and engineers to work in the U.S.; and D.improve the U.S. infrastructure for new technology and innovation, including tax credits. Thesignificance of the report is the detailed recommendations for U.S. investment to ensure theseaccomplishments over the next ten years (see Table 2).Business Roundtable ReportA group of 15 leading business organizations [5] joined together to issue a deep concern aboutthe U.S. ability to sustain its scientific and technological superiority in the world. Theirexpressed goal is to double the number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) degrees in the U.S. by the year 2015

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

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Mechanical Engineering

b B Figure 1 example finite state machine One can imagine that if we had two instances of the finite state machine given in Figure1, the first machine could be in the idle state while the second machine was in the idle, working,or broken state. Following this logic, there are combinatorially a total of nine possible stateswhen considering the two machines together. Therefore, a factory of ten machines with fivestates each could have as many as 510 states. The exponential growth of the number of statesserves to demonstrate the limitation of applying ad-hoc methodologies to controlling

Conference Session

New trends in ECE education

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ravel Ammerman, Colorado School of Mines; Pankaj Sen, Colorado School of Mines; Michael Stewart, North Dakota State University

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Electrical and Computer

electrical safety which must be strictly followed. Laws, standards, andrecommended practices relating to electrical safety include: a. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): OSHA's mission is “to assure the safety and health of America's workers by setting and enforcing standards.” The OSHA standards are federal law that must be followed. Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (29 CFR)[15] deals with: • Part 1910: General Industry; safety standards for electrical systems and safety-related work practices. • Part 1926: Construction Industry; general electrical practices and standards for power transmission and distribution. b. National Fire Protection Administration (NFPA): The

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and Communications. His research interests include the performance analysis of computer and sensor networks, signal and image processing, and engineering education. He was a co-recipient of both the Myril B. Reed Best Paper Award from the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems and the 1986 Best Paper Award for Authors under 30 from the Signal Processing Society of the IEEE. He has served as an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems and was an elected member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. He was the general chair of the 1997 IEEE/EURASIP Workshop on Nonlinear Signal and Image Processing. Dr

Conference Session

Energy Resources, Efficiency, and Conservation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Riddell, Rowan University; Peter Mark Jansson; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; Harriett Benavidez, Rowan University; Julie Haynes, Rowan University; Dan Schowalter, Rowan University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

. Both devicescan be plugged into a standard electric receptacle, and the appliance of interest is pluggedinto the measurement device. Both devices allow the instantaneous power use, as well asthe total energy used since the monitoring started to be measured. Both devices are smallenough to enable them to be moved to different appliances, and inexpensive enough toallow each group access to multiple devices. a) b) Page 11.355.9 Figure 1. a) Watts Up? and b) Kill-a-Watt MetersSurveys of the building occupants, and direct temperature, humidity and lightmeasurements are used to assess the

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Kimes, University of Missouri-Kansas City; Deborah O'Bannon, University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Design in Engineering Education

preparation during the school year, the Page 11.411.5land survey and 100-year flow for the bridge are needed at the beginning of the school year. Thesupervising engineering from the City was included in all instructional decisions, includingstudent grades.The design room was upgraded from a standard classroom. Two printers were installed (B sizefor draft output, and a full-size (D) printer for construction drawings). The computer in the roomis login-limited to the senior design students to ensure that they have access to complete theirdesign. Map rails were added to help display designs in progress. Blueprint-size storage caseswere acquired and added

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ece Yaprak, Wayne State University

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Computers in Education

”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2005.[5] Edmonson, C. P., Segalewitz, S., “A Blended On-line Engineering Technology Course Using Web Conferencing Technology”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2005.[6] Gavrin, A., et al, “Just-in-Time Teaching (JITT): Using the Web to Enhance Classroom Learning, Computers in Education Journal, 2003.[7] Lahidji, B., Tucker, W., “Faculty Load: On-line vs. Live Programs”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2003.[8] Bourne, J., H., D., Mayadas, F., “Online Engineering Education: Learning Anywhere, Anytime,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 94, No. 1, 2005, pp. 131-146[9] JDH Technologies, http://www.jdhtech.com/[10] JDH Technologies White

Conference Session

Emerging EM Areas

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Brown, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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Engineering Management

recruitment efforts for both programs are highly personalized, with a great deal oftime and energy going into making personal contacts and establishing long-term relationshipsthat promote honesty and an understanding of how the programs offered by the university canpromote the student’s long-term professional goals.References1. C. J. Nixon , “Key Business Competencies for New Aerospace Engineers,” Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2005).2. B. R. Dickson, “The Engineer Ought To Be A Man Of Business,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).3. George Suckarieh, Jason Krupar, “Leadership and Teamwork

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eddy Rojas, University of Washington; Carrie Dossick, University of Washington

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Construction

University of Washington’s Department ofConstruction Management envisions experiential learning curriculum at the Pacific NorthwestCenter for Construction Research and Education.Bibliography: 1. Allison, D., Wills, B., Hodges, L. F., and Wineman, J. “Gorillas in the Bits.” Paper presented at the VRAISAnnual Conference, Albuquerque, NM., 1997. 2. Barab, S. A., Hay, K. E., Barnett, M., and Squire, K. “Constructing Virtual Worlds: Tracing the HistoricalDevelopment of Learner Practices.” Cognition and Instruction, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2001, pp. 47–94. 3. Catalano, G. D. and Catalano, K. “Transformation: From Teacher-Centered to Student-Centered EngineeringEducation.” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 88, No. 1, 1999, pp. 59-64. 4. Chi, M

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Environmental Engineering

. Fromabsorbance data, students can evaluate the effectiveness of removal of the contaminant underpredetermined conditions (i.e. contaminant concentration, water superficial velocity).The procedure for running the experiment is: (a) open a browser to the server’s IP address; (b)download the “Labview” runtime (automatically prompted for download and installed if it is notalready installed on the user’s computer); (c) rinse the contaminant from the media with a diluteacid solution (~10% HCl) for about 30 s by pushing the “acid rinse” pump toggle switch toinitiate the acid rinse, and pushing it again to stop; (d) flush the acid from the media by flowingclean rinse water (purified water) through the column for 2 min by using the “rinse water” pumptoggle

Conference Session

Design of Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University; James Johnson, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

implementation issues. Thisenvironment allowed for extensive experimentation, performance comparison, and developmentof several practical control algorithms. The combination of dSPACE DS1104 DSP andMATLAB/Simulink/RTW effectively created a rapid control prototype environment in whichstudents focused on control design rather than programming details or debugging controllanguages. In this way, the lab offers an unparalleled experience and is a great source of Page 11.498.11attracting students and exciting their interest.References 1. R. Molengraft, M. Steinbuch, and B. Karker, “Integrating Experimentation into Control Courses,” IEEE

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leilah Lyons, University of Michigan; Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

groups managed to perform very well at the tasks given themduring the game, scoring above 60%. In this first game, those tasks were to a) conductmarket research to discover people’s preferences in pens and then b) apply what waslearned in the selection of components for a pen to be manufactured. All groupsperformed much better than chance: were users to randomly select pen components, theexpected score would have been 43.8% (represented by the dotted line in Figure 9 andshaded region in Figure 12). This shows that the users were able to understand the criticalfeatures of the tasks and execute them, thus gaining an understanding of the presentedcareer field. From a game design perspective, this high performance across different agelevels and

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain, South Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

during laboratory experiments, misinterpretations of lab data andunderachievement in standardized science and engineering tests that stress the fundamentals.This problem can be effectively addressed by improving the student’s conceptual understandingand comprehension of the topics through interactive learning and teaching with virtualinstruments (VI) software package like LabVIEW.This paper will discuss design and development of interactive instructional modules (VIs) forstudying (a) Basic Three Phase and Single Phase Circuits, (b) Modeling of Transmission Lines,(c) Simple Economic Dispatch Problem and (d) steps to solve Load Flow problems throughNewton Raphson Method.I. IntroductionThe engineering, science, and technology field at present

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Nastasi, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

ideas. This approach contrasts the normal teaching of freehand sketching in which the focus is on representing simple euclidean objects (see Figure 1). Page 11.1096.3Fig. 1 Traditional Sketching Techniques (after Bertoline 2)In this regard, the sketching module introduces the idea of Bezier-based3 geometry, in particularthe use of b-splines as a surface generator as shown in Figure 2 for an asymmetrically contouredcomputer mouse.Fig. 2 Informational sketch of computer mouse This approach to sketching maps directly into how the students will approach the digitalmodeling of complex contemporary objects. Here, students from the outset were

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Bert Davy; Indranil Goswami; Jiang Li; Gbekeloluwa Oguntimein; Charles Oluokun; Arcadio Sincero

environmental engineering”. It is a one unit course which meets for one hourforty minutes per week offered in the spring semester. The objectives of the course are (a) tointroduce the students to all of the main sub-areas of civil engineering, and (b) have students"Proceedings of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education" 2work in teams to accomplish the design of a civil engineering project, while supplying them withsome of the supporting theory, to be used virtually as a ‘black box’, since it was too early in thecurriculum for them to have experienced these topics firsthand. After a couple of years

Conference Session

Program Delivery Methods and Real World Concepts

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy Cox, University of Missouri-Rolla; Susan Murray, University of Missouri-Rolla; David Spurlock, University of Missouri-Rolla (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

build team members’ pride in being associated with the team.Virtual team leaders should also realize that those working in the virtual team need a certainlevel of consideration. They must feel as though their leader treats them as though they are avaluable member of the team and that they bring something to the working relationship that noother team member does. This is not a mandate that the leader becomes involved in theintricacies of each team members’ life, but that the leader realizes that “Joe is different fromSally, who is different from Erica, etc.” In short, each team member is different, and the leadercannot relate to everyone in the same by-rote manner.References1. Avolio, B. J., Sivasubramaniam, N., Murry, W.D., Jung, D.I., &

Conference Session

Internet and Distributed Computing

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiannong Meng, Bucknell University; Luiz Perrone, Bucknell University; Maurice Aburdene, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

recentlyused as laboratory assignments and semester projects in undergraduate and graduate courses. Asummary of our findings is presented in this paper.IntroductionMany universities have used different protocols and products for hands-on experiences inwireless and mobile network courses. The protocols and standards include IEEE 802.11 (a, b, gor simply WiFi), Bluetooth, IEEE 802.15.4 and Zigbee, sensor networks based on the standardBerkeley “mote” platform implemented in products such as WeC, Rene, Dot, MICA, and Telos.Many of the products use TinyOS, a small operating system targeted for minimum hardware.We present a summary of hands-on laboratory exercises we found on the Internet. In Vassar’sCMPU-395, students are asked to implement a simplified

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faouzi Bouslama, Zayed University; Azzedine Lansari, Zayed University; Akram Al-Rawi, Zayed University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

CIS courses and ZULOs input-output spacesThe first step in implementing the fuzzy logic processor is to decide on the fuzzification of theinput space consisting of all CIS courses. The input interval representing the achieved grade foreach CIS course is represented by four linguistic variables4 as shown in Figure 3. Grades in theinterval [60, 100] are only used as there is no achievement of ZULOs in case a student fails acourse which means a grade less than 60. Four trapezoidal and triangular membership functionsD, C, B, and A are used for each course. µGrade D C B A 1.0 0.5 0.0 60 65

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Council of Sections

Michigan State University in 2000. Professor Raymer has led an NSF supported research project to develop the nation's first undergraduate curriculum in bioinformatics, and has been a finalist for the CECS Excellence in Teaching Award at Wright State University.David Reynolds, Wright State University DAVID B. REYNOLDS is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering at Wright State University. He received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia in 1978. Professor Reynolds has conducted NSF supported research to develop human factors engineering undergraduate design projects for persons with disabilities, and has

Conference Session

Teaching Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann McKenna, Northwestern University; James Colgate, Northwestern University; Gregory Olson, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

integrating design education throughout the engineering curriculum at Northwestern University.Gregory Olson, Northwestern University Gregory B. Olson, Fellow of ASM and TMS, is the Wilson-Cook Professor of Engineering Design and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University, Associate Director for Research of the IDEA Institute for Design Engineering & Applications, Director of the Materials Technology Laboratory/Steel Research Group, and a founder of QuesTek Innovations LLC. He received the B.S. and M.S. in 1970 and Sc.D in 1974 in Materials Science from MIT and remained there in a series of senior research positions before joining the faculty of Northwestern in

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Koch, University of Michigan; Gary D. Herrin, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

clearly indicate a higher success rate in Calculus I for thosestudents who switched to Math 110 and then took Calculus I in the following term. Inparticular, of the 32 students who remained in Calculus I, only 7 (22%) achieved B- orbetter (a critical indicator for success in engineering). Of the 21 who switched to Math110 and then followed up with Calculus I, 9 (43%) achieved B- or better, which is doublethe rate of the control group. Page 11.826.6VI. ConclusionsClearly, the first trial of this intervention strategy proved to increase the success rate inCalculus I for students who encountered difficulty early on. The intervention also has

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Introductory Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Turner, Morningside College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

performed at a high level in Advanced Placement B(AP-B) or International Baccalaureate Higher Level (IB-HL) physics at High School, or inCollege Physics, will usually find much of a University Physics sequence repetitive and boring;most of the sequence is not significantly different to a high quality algebra-based preparation.For these students, the opportunity to “top-up” their conceptual framework with CalculusApplications makes the entry into engineering or physics much more appealing, and allows themto be meeting another graduation requirement instead of a “busy work” requirement.One of the problems associated with breaking down a course into two components comes aboutwhen those two components are instructed by different faculty. This is

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shekhar Bhansali, University of South Florida; Ashanti Pyrtle, University of South Florida; Louis Martin-Vega, University of South Florida; Peter Betzer, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

fellows’ mindset became increasinglyclear. It became obvious that the students needed to be trained in the language and basics ofother disciplines. This led to the development of four interdisciplinary core courses: a) ChemicalBiological Sensors and Microfabrication b) Biology of Human Skin c) Sensor CharacterizationLaboratory and d) Sensor Information Processing. Additionally, they were also required to shareoffice space and attend seminars. Distribution of IGERT Fellows Across Disciplines Electrical Engineering 5% Chemical Engineering 14% 22% Computer Science and

Conference Session

What's New in Dynamics?

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Wang; Oguz Soysal

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

the ideas in the group discussion.4. (i) A recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning To be able to obtain self-learning skills, read book, study examples and solve the problems.5. (k) an ability to use the techniques, computer skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice. To be able to present a professional quality in a written engineering work.Table 1 Course objectives and their relationship to ABET/Course outcomesENES 221 Dynamics ABET/ Course OutcomesCourse objectives a b c d e f g h i j k1. Knowledge of kinematics X X2. Knowledge of