. Figure 2. Most common student prediction of deflected shape. (a) (b) Figure 3. Actual deflected shape once instructor applies load to the model in the classroom. (a) If students predict right end will go down, instructor creates this situation. (b) If students predict right end will go up, instructor creates this situation.The instructor then introduces the concept of metacognition. Since their prediction didnot work out well, they should reflect on why they thought it was a good prediction.There was something they assumed or had previously experienced that suggested theirprediction; what was it? Why was their assumption poor, or why did their previousexperience not serve well in this
hand shears and drills forinstallation of the pop rivets. Page 14.1150.3Each design team of 3 or 4 students designs and constructs their own barge so there is a naturalcompetition to see who can do the best. However, the performance is judged against a fixedstandard rather than relative to other groups. The grade on the barge project counts for 10% ofthe grade for the Ship Structures course. The project deliverables and the points allocation forthe barge grade are: 1. Design calculations a. Structural analysis including MAESTRO model (20 points) b. Predicted weight capacity of container and the limiting factor (i.e
regional engineeringconference. The targeted public speaking skills address the key areas of professionaldevelopment and leadership.During this activity, students were given a presentation on public speaking skills andstrategies in the areas of delivery, performance, content, and the use of visual aids by thefacilitator. The slides presented to the students during the public speaking presentation arelocated in Appendix B.1 this study.After the presentation, students were asked to engage in an extemporaneous speakingactivity. A student was selected to give a 2-3 minute speech on a topic chosen by theremaining students in the audience. The documents supplied to the students to conduct theimpromptu speech activity are located in Appendix B.2 of this
removal Product Figure 1 Section views of material removal in a machining process Mold Half A Mold Half B Molds Mated Casting/molding Product Figure 2 Section views of a net-shaped manufacturing process Material removal process Net-shaped process Figure 3 Net-shaped manufacturing requires draft for product release from moldThermoforming as an attractive net-shaped process platform for educationOne of the hurdles faced by product design instructors is the limited time available for studentsto create the product they design. This is especially true for product design involving net-shapedmanufacturing because the product is the result of a
, June 16-19, 2002. 4. Dunne, Bruce, “Design of a Hardware Platform for Analog Communications Laboratory,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 22-25, 2008. 5. Kubichek, Robert; Welch, Thad; and Wright, Cameron, “A Comprehensive Suite of Tools for Teaching Communications Courses,” 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-21, 2006. 6. Hoffbeck, Joseph P., “RF Signal Database for a Communication Systems Course,” 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-21, 2006. 7. Welch, Thad B. and Kubichek, Robert F., “The Incredible Hulk and Other Techniques for Teaching Waveform Demodulation,” 2005 ASEE
a,b,c,d,e,f HW 3.52 3.5Understand 2- use control diagrams & motor starters ,g,h,i,j Exam 1 3.10 See CIE 3.3basic 3- employ inching ,jogging, reversing, plugging Final 2.50 See CIE 3.38elements of 4- employ reduced-voltage & resistance starting Lab 3.71 3.6Industrial 5- transformer staring and cam switchesMotor 6- interpret machine torque-speed curvesControl 7-interpret current -speed curves 1- determine voltage across RLC elements a,b,c,d,e,f HW 3.32 3.68Understand 2- analyze diode-based
projects from AY 1978 to AY 2008 was made. (For the purposesof simplicity academic years are noted by the ending year. AY 2008-2009, for example, wouldbe noted at 2009.) The project title presented at the end of the year was noted and collated. Aqualitative coding scheme (listed in Table 1) was applied to classify these projects for theiremphasis on a) manufacturing process, b) a test or tool for assessment, c) stand alone productand d) a human-centered product.Over this time period there were 329 projects with the lowest number of project in any yearbeing 5 (in 1978) and the highest number being 16 (in 1988). The average number of project peryear was approximately 11. The distribution of project types is shown in Table 2. Proceedings of
considered to be a novelty1-5,nevertheless, each new application seems to present its own set of often-unexpected challenges.And this was what we experienced, which we now share with a wider audience. Page 14.1019.2 (a) (b) Figure 1: (a) Schematic of MEMS electrothermal actuator, (b) Image of MEMS electrothermal actuator and tip displacement measurement scaleII. Project Implementation DetailsThe equipment that was originally available to us in the MEMS research lab included: a KarlSuss model PM-4 microprobe station, a microscope, a video
-Integral-Derivative (PID) controls illustrated in Figure 44. This isassociated with a current research project on Real-Time PAC based controls. Figure 2.a NI LabView Model of a simple digital logic example .b NI ELVIS circuit for the model Page 14.1341.3 Figure 3. PLC Ladder logic for a mixer application written in RS Logix 5003Up to this point, the schedule of the course includes hard-wired controls based on ladderdiagrams and PLC systems programmed by ladder logic. The crucial role of ladder diagrams andladder logic in controls has been covered in detail with the utilization of two these areas. On
newlycreated concentration in bioprocess engineering provides an excellent opportunity to developand implement a novel curriculum based upon proven pedagogical approaches designed toengage the students and improve their mastery of concepts. There are four main objectives ofthis NSF funded (DUE-0737198) Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement project:utilize proven techniques to develop nine instructional modules for three bioprocess engineeringcourses (three modules per course); develop common themes to integrate subsets of thesemodules between two or more courses, while ensuring portability to other programs; assess theeffectiveness of the instructional modules; and disseminate the results so other programs canincorporate the modules into
. Studium Kompakt Fachsprache Englisch. Berlin:Cornelsen; Oxford UP, 2000.Graff, James. “Beach Blanket Brawl!” Time, Summer 2003 or 2004(?): n.pag.Gudykunst, William B., and Young Yun Kim. Communicating with Strangers: An Approach to InterculturalCommunication. 4th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.Hall, Edward T., and Mildred Reed Hall. Understanding Cultural Differences: Germans, French and Americans.Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1990.Holliday, Adrian, Martin Hyde, and John Kullman. Intercultural Communication: An Advanced Resource Book.Routledge Applied Linguistics. London: Routledge-Taylor and Francis, 2004.Holmes, Lowell D., and Ellen Rhoads Holmes. “The American Cultural Configuration”. In: Distant Mirrors:America as a Foreign Culture. Ed
tetrahedral elements as stated inFigure 3. Each node has three degrees of freedom (DOF) and the mesh has a total of 38,619DOF. The ball bearing end supports are shown in Figure 3. All DOFs were constrained on thecylindrical surfaces of the shaft that make contact with the bearings. These constraints resemblefixed-fixed boundary conditions. The concentrated load was defined as a normal force over a 5mm radiu circle on the top surfa of the shaft in as Figu 3. This was done to eliminate st us t ace ure tressconcentra ations in the vicinity of t concentr e the rated load. A B
B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Sherrill Biggers, Clemson University Sherrill B. Biggers is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. His research interests include computational solid mechanics, progressive failure and nonlinear response of composite structures, and optimum design. He has taught courses in structural and solid mechanics, and finite element methods. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University, and has been on the faculty at Clemson since 1989, after 8 years on the faculty at the University of Kentucky and 11 years in the
Wolcott’slevels of problem solving ability, so that there was one question for each level. Thereafter, thestudent’s work turned in and their reflective submissions were analyzed using Wolcott’s ‘Stepsfor better thinking rubric’ (see Appendix A) [4].A scoring record sheet was developed to score the student’s problem solution as well as theirassociated responses to the set of online reflective questions about the problem solving processEach student received a score out of 28, and this was then translated into one of Wolcott’s [4]problem solving performance patterns of (a) confused fact finder (CFF) (score 0 – 4), (b) biasedjumper (BJ) (score 5 – 10), (c) perpetual analyzer (PA) (score 11-17), (d) pragmatic performer(PF) (score 18 – 24), and (e) strategic
the different types of freshman PBL design subjects.Table 1. Freshman PBL Design Subject DescriptionsPBL Subject Description of Typical Projects Project ProcessTypesA) Engineering Hands on engineering design Step by step engineeringdesign type A projects leading to physical design process is followed. prototypes.B) Engineering On paper engineering design Step by step engineeringdesign type B projects focus on large scale design process is followed. problems in information infrastructure or transportation.C) Large scale Class works together in defining, Group problem solvingglobal/ technical breaking down
Street. Turn right and walk two and a half blocks. What’s on your left?Now walk east on First Street to University Avenue. Turn right and walk half a block. What’sacross the street?Analysis: (10 sentences)Flesch Reading Ease: 93.9*Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 1.9**Sample B: Reading sample, Introduction to Engineering text (prepared by Engineer Noor)Everything we know about the physical world and the principles that govern its behavior hasbeen learned through experiment (observation of phenomena). The ultimate test of any physicaltheory is its agreement with experimental observations. These observations involvemeasurement. Some quantities are measured directly and some are found by mathematicalrelationship.Analysis: (4 sentences)Flesch Reading
AC 2009-2438: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY:DECIPHERING CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESJoseph Delfino, University of Florida Joseph J. Delfino is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences at the University of Florida where he has been on the faculty for 27 years. During that period, he served for 11 years as Department Chairman. He has supervised the theses and projects of 80 PhD and masters students and is the author/co-author of 100 papers in scientific journals. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Prior to joining the faculty at Florida, he was a tenured Full Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
. Details on assessment of the Mechanical Engineering capstone class can befound in (Widmann)7: a) an ability to apply 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 within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability. d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams. g) the ability to communicate effectively. i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learningFinally, on top of the individual engineering
participants to allowperceptions of the role of UTAs to be tested against some basic participant data. Theseinclude gender, residential status (i.e. home, EU, overseas) and marks achieved on amid-session test on the course. Section B of the questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part (questions 1-16) was concerned with a direct comparison of the role of UTAs and academic tutors.With reference to Table 1(a), questions were chosen to depict three areas of UTAcontribution: motivation and engagement (ME), skills development (SD) andtechnical explanation, feedback and course contextualisation (EFC). With reference toTable 1(b), the second part of section B (questions 17-30) was concerned with thestudent connection to the UTA, views on the PMT
Stucki, D. J. 2000. Design early considered harmful: Graduated exposure to complexity and structure based on levels of cognitive development. SIGCSE Bulletin 32, 1, 75-79. 5. Budd, T. 2009. A course in open source development. Integrating FOSS into the Undergraduate Computing Curriculum, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Symposium (Chattanooga, TN, Mar 4, 2009). 6. Cooper, R. G. 2001. Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch. Perseus Books. 7. Fincher, S., Petre, M., and Clark, M. 2001. Computer Science Project Work: Principles and Pragmatics. Springer. 8. Gannod, B., Koehnemann, H., and Gary, K. 2006. The Software Enterprise: Facilitating the industry
4 3B 2 1 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Figure 2: Visual release experiment showing the Time (min.) impact of the protective surface skin on release kinetics. A droplets have a protective surface Diffusion Ultrasound skin while B droplets are bare. Drug release is observed by
for the NewDiscipline of Engineering Education,” J. Eng. Educ., 95 (4), 259 (2006).6. Wankat, P. C., “Pedagogical Training and Research in Engineering Education,” Chem. Engr. Educ., 42 (4), 203(2008).7. Lucena, J., G. Downey, B. Jesiek, and S. Elber, “Competencies Beyond Countries: The Re-Organization ofEngineering Education in the United States, Europe, and Latin America,” J. Eng. Educ., 97 (4), 433 (2008).8. Jesiek, B., L. K. Newswander, and M. Borrego, “Engineering Education Research: Discipline, Community orField? J. Eng. Educ., 98 (1), 1 (2009).9. Wankat, P. C., R. M. Felder, K. A. Smith, and F. S. Oreovicz, “The Engineering Approach to the Scholarshipof Teaching and Learning,” in M. T. Huber and S. Morreale (Eds.) Disciplinary Styles in
of the Committee to set Michigan high school graduation requirements. He retired in 2007, but has taught two seminars a year since that time. Page 14.536.3© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engaging Early Engineering Students (EEES): Background and Goals of an NSF STEP Project to Increase RetentionAbstractEarly “leavers” from engineering programs typically fall into one of two overlapping categories:(a) those who leave because of academic difficulties and (b) those who leave because they findthe educational environment of early
motion of an object, simulation ofa motion of a pendulum, etc.)10, several students did not perceive direct engineering applicationsof Alice in future engineering courses. In fact, the authors are not aware of any upper levelcourses that directly use Alice programming language although use of object orientedprogramming concepts is done in several courses.A summary of lessons learned in the Alice experiment is below: a. When introducing a new programming tool for a freshman class, make sure that the software is free from programming bugs. b. Start with a few core programming concepts, particularly in the first semester, and gradually add new concepts and/or applications. c. Show real life engineering applications of the proposed
truss is shown in Figure 1. All joints are pinned. The truss is a. Unstable. b. Stable and determinate. c. Stable and statically indeterminate to 1st degree. d. Stable and statically indeterminate to 2nd degree. e. Stable and statically indeterminate to 3rd degree.Feedback 0.0% a. No. For the truss to be stable externally, it must be fully constrained by a minimum of three non-parallel, non-concurrent reaction components; and the truss has three such support reactions (two at pinned support and one at roller support), hence it is stable externally. port and one at roller support), hence it is externally stable. It is also stable internally, because the truss configuration consists of
physical meetings, interactions take place only online through e-mails, and discussion groups. b. (Blended) Office hours/meetings with the instructor in person, per appointment, the rest is online as in Option a. c. (Blended) First and last classes meet in person in a classroom setting, the rest is online as in Option a. d. (Asynchronous) PowerPoint presentation of the lecture with audio included, accessible online 24/7, the rest of the class settings are the same as in Option a. above. e. (Synchronous) Online live lectures scheduled every week similar to a traditional class. Both the instructor and the students use microphones and headphones for real- time communication. The students listen and view a (PowerPoint) presentation
source, a battery that was upgraded from a 1.4Ah to a high-capacity 4.4 Ah battery. This battery also serves as the power supply for the microcontroller and other electronics devices. The laptop has a Pentium 3- 600MHz processor and 320MB RAM. b. On-Board Wireless Router – LINKSYS WRT54GL[3] The WRT54GL was used because it is the most modifiable router. In order for this project to work over the Internet a communication link must be established with an external wireless network. The default Linksys firmware that comes with the unit will not allow for this configuration. The WRT54GL was modified with a third-party
PUC1. be able to apply principles of 1.1.Students will demonstrate proficiency mathematics and applied science, to in mechanical design, materials, perform technical calculations and manufacturing processes, mechanics, solve technical problems of the types and fluid power. (a, b, c, d, f)* commonly encountered in mechanical 1.2.Students will demonstrate proficiency engineering technology careers. in applied mathematics and science. (b, (consistent with TAC/ABET Criterion c, f)* 2 Outcomes a, b, f ); 1.3.Students will demonstrate proficiency2. demonstrate the ability to identify, in computer applications. (a, d, g)* formulate, and present
AC 2009-1716: SABBATICALS AND ACADEMIC LEAVES: AN INVESTMENT INYOUR FUTURE!William Krantz, University of Colorado, Boulder William B. Krantz received a B.A. in chemistry (1961) from Saint Joseph's College in Indiana, a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1962), and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley (1968). He is a registered Professional Engineer. He is Professor Emeritus and President's Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Professor Emeritus and Rieveschl Ohio Eminent Scholar at the University of Cincinnati. He is a Fellow of ASEE, AAAS, and AIChE. He received ASEE's
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