b = 5” h = 10” maximum 3.75’ 1.5’ 3.75’Design TeamsThere will be four design teams of no more than three people each. Design the beam to resist thegiven loading in flexure. Do not use load or resistance factors for this design.Materials: Select a concrete strength that you feel is feasible (remember that the facilities of ourlab are limited, so do not specify exotic concrete properties). Reinforcing bars can be obtainedlocally from Heiser’s but their selection is limited (you may want to visit Heiser’s to see what isavailable). A
-2002Accreditation Cycle.” 2. Alford, E. M., N. S. Thompson, J. Brader, B. Davidson, S. Hargrove-Leak, and E. Vilar. “IntroducingEngineering Graduate Students to Learning Theory and Inquiry-Based Learning: A Collaborative, InterdisciplinaryApproach.” Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Conference.3. Barnett, V. Sample Survey principles and methods, London: Edward Arnold, 1991.4. Bransford, J. D., Brown, A., & Cocking, R. (Eds.). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School,Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000, 12-13.5. Donath, L. and R. Spray. “Linguistic Evidence of Cognitive Distribution: Quantifying Learning AmongUndergraduate Researchers in Engineering.” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for
pressure, v is the specific volume, T is the absolute temperature, R is theengineering gas constant, and b is a coefficient that is zero in most equations. The first term inthis equation, with b = 0, is simply the ideal gas law. The remaining terms mark a deviationfrom the ideal gas law. In the summation, Ci(T) is a function of temperature only and Hi(v) is a Page 10.1132.10function of specific volume only. Although equation [3] gives the pressure as a function oftemperature and specific volume, most equations of state use density instead of specific volume.Regardless of the equation of state, specific volume is the variable specified by and
. Page 10.268.8 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”You may use Excel to generate a random integer between a and b using the following function: = ROUND ( ( RAND( ) * (b – a) + a ) , -1 )1. Repeatedly flip a coin to generate eight nine-bit numbers. Write these on the board and label them with parent numbers.2. Convert each design vector into its two components and calculate the resulting objective function.3. Compute a “fitness” for each parent by dividing their objective value by the sum of all objective values.4. Different forms of parent selection exist. For this problem, select all
for a four credit hourcourse that will provide the stipend for the instructor. However, because this program is beingconducted through Continuing Studies there will be an additional $270 per student fee to coveradministrative expenses. In addition, each student will have to add in the cost of 4-credit hourcourse which is currently $708.20. The total estimated cost per student is approximately $3100. Page 10.1010.6Furthermore, each student participating in the program must agree with the release (Appendix B) “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition
; Wiske, 1998).B. Learning is a processThe participant-based theory in Fig. 2 suggested that learning involves well-defined,interconnected, and essential steps that form a cyclic process. When people are placed inenvironments in which steps are omitted or de-emphasized, then the quality of learning iscompromised. Also, the participant-based theory (Fig. 2) showed that the result of a cycle oflearning is growth. This growth involves improved foundation and increased motivation.While engineering professors do not commonly talk about a process of learning, there is supportin the literature for the idea of learning as a process. Process education is the theme for anational community that has been growing for the past decade (Beyerlein and Apple
Montague; every effort was made to ensure that the characters would still beinteresting to the students in the older grade levels as well. Screen shots of the final MMOsoftware product can be seen in Figure 1 below. This paper discusses the development cycle,analyzes its effectiveness, and suggests a set of best practices called the Educational SoftwareDevelopment and Analysis Toolkit (ESDAT).Figure 1. Screen captures of the Math with Montague Online software demonstrating the software environment(addressing the engaging content quality attribute of the system) and various problem types: (a) counting with thecomplete browser environment for student users, (b) addition, (c) counting money, (d) multiplication, and (e) longdivision.2. MethodThe
completing the PLTW courses have the option of a final exam which can beused to demonstrate mastery of course content. Students passing the course with asufficient score on this exam are eligible for credit from universities including RochesterInstitute Of Technology, Purdue University and Indiana University Purdue UniversityIndianapolis. Students scoring 85% or better plus a 70% or better on the exam receivecredit from RIT. Students may receive three college credits in the Department ofIndustrial Technology at Purdue University by completing an eligible PLTW course witha ‘B’ or better from a PLTW certified school, scoring 70 or above on the college creditexam, and by enrolling in IT, ID, or Technology Education programs. IUPUI is
component focusing on vectors, vector dot products, and vector cross productswas included. Fundamentals of latitude and longitude, the spheroidal and ellipsoidal earthmodels, as well as Geographical Positioning Systems (GPS) were reviewed. If the earth isassumed to be a sphere of radius r and if A and B are two points on the surface of theearth with latitude and longitude of (a1, a2) and (b1, b2), then the position vectors OA andOB from the center of the earth O to points A and B on the surface can be represented as: OA = rcos(a1)cos(a2)i + rcos(a1)sin(a2)j + rsin(a1)k OB = rcos(b1)cos(b2)i + rcos(b1)sin(b2)j + rsin(b1)kwhere i, j, and k are unit vectors in the three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate directions.The
modifications. One of themost successful problems in this aspect was problem 23 directly above. Approaches varied: a) Take a subsample of known volume, directly count its numerical content of beans, and scale this value up appropriately. b) Same as a), but use several subsamples to get an average number of beans per unit volume. c) Use the elliptical volume formula to compute the volume of 1 bean. Assume a 75% packing density, scale the isolated bean volume by 4/3 to find the volume 1 bean uses, and divide the 1 qt. volume by this occupancy volume to obtain the number of beans. d) Weigh the jar empty, weigh it full of beans, subtract to find the beans' mass, and then weigh a fixed number of beans. Scale
; Exposition.Chickering, A. (1994). Empowering Lifelong Self-Development. NACADA Journal, Volume 14, Number 2.Clark, C.M., Revuelto, J., Kraft, D., and Beatty, P. (2003) Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Freeman, S.F., Jaeger B.K. & Brougham, J.C. (2003). More learning and less anxiety in a first programming course. Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition.Hedrick, H. (2002). The Freshman Engineering Course Balancing Act, Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education.Jaeger, B., Whalen, R. & Freeman, S. (2005). Get with the program: Integrated project instead of a comprehensive final exam in a first
had taken adifferent course from me previously. I approached the students with the opportunity tomaintain the traditional method of lectures with discussions and the occasional shortcase/activity or to modify the course. The response was unanimous to modify the course.After some discussion the students agreed to 1) attend every class unless they were out oftown on a job interview, 2) read the assigned chapters before each class, and 3) for everyclass bring a question and an important point from the reading. I committed to thestudents 1) I would avoid lecturing, 2) I would minimize the importance of exams, and 3)if they kept their commitments they were guaranteed an A or B in the class. At the beginning I had reservations whether this
Introducing ChE Sophomores to Measurement System Analysis and Analysis of Variance through Experiential Learning Milo D. Koretsky Department of Chemical Engineering Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-2702AbstractMeasurement System Analysis provides a formal method to evaluate the accuracy and precisionof a measurement gauge. Although it is an important topic, it is typically omitted in introductorystatistics classes, and often only receives cursory coverage in lab. This paper describes how thistopic is introduced through experiential learning to ChE sophomores at Oregon State
Linköping, Sweden Belfast, UKIntroductionProject courses in which students design, build and test a device on their own are increasinglybeing used in engineering education. The reasons include that such projects do not only trainstudents skills in design and implementation but can also be exploited in order to increasestudent motivation, to give an improved understanding of engineering science knowledge and topractice non-technical skills such as teamwork and communication. However, design-build-test(DBT) experiences may also be costly, time-consuming, require new learning environments anddifferent specialized faculty competence (Malmqvist et al.1). In particular, design-build-test experiences play a
.Lecturing to large classes may be more difficult and certainly carries more responsibility. Whendone well it is also more rewarding: the lecturer has the satisfaction of knowing that she or he Page 10.664.10has influenced positively a great number of lives and minds. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationReferences1. Dill, D.D. and B. Sporn, The implications of a postindustrial environment for the university: An introduction, in Emerging patterns of social demand and university reform
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Millennial Generation for the next two decades and will be ablend of self-controlled concrete/linear learners. Conversely, the younger faculty is of the XGeneration, which shows strong abstract/random thinking, individualism, and increasing prag-matism with aging. Further, the senior faculty represents the Boomer Generation whose virtuescharacterize individualistic, spiritual/moralistic, and uncompromising qualities. This clash ofgenerations will be a continuing challenge to the engineering education profession and is a primesubject of this paper.Traditionally, knowledge is obtained from selected information. Yet, in the knowledge age, abroader interpretation hastens this from a noun to a verb basis. The result is knowledging, whichwill allow the
addressed bymany university student offices.Basic sources of the changesThere are three basic sources for these changes: a. Most important may be the slow drift of our culture in terms of worldviewtoward a more relativistic one. This may account for the rapid rise of cheating, as well asthe tendency toward lethargy (lack of motivation to learn, study, or have a work ethic). b. Second in importance is the change of our society from typographic tovideographic, essentially, an epistemological change, so that the majority of thepopulation are moved by feelings rather than by logic. This produces a short attentionspan, and makes the pursuit of mathematical topics more difficult. c. Finally, there is the rapid advance of technology, the
.” International Roundtable at the ASCE National Conference, Washington, D.C.12. Kumar, A. (2001). “Deliverable Based Service Contracts – A Challenge for Bidders.” Cost Engineering 43 (5), 29-31.13. Madono, Satow. (2002). “Games in Conflict of Interest.” Presented at The ASCE National Meeting, Washington D.C.14. Reina, Peter. (2003). “Bad to the Bone on Bribery.” ENR (Engineering News-Record), 250 (25),41-44.15. Rosenbaum, David B. (2000). “New Companies Help Firms Assess Risk if Working Abroad.” ENR (Engineering News-Record), 244 (24), 29.16. Selingo, J. (2004). “The Cheating Culture.” Prism, ASEE, 14(1), 24-30.17. Sorting out the Sectors. (2003). Transparency International, Berlin, Germany.18. Stansbury, Neil (2003). “Danger Signs of
second team, Team B, recommended two solutions. The short-term solution was a field kit that would replace the failing part with a more robust component. The long-term solution entailed a redesign that incorporated a direct drive system with a much larger motor. The client was impressed with different elements of each of the designs. There were pros and cons to both.4. ConclusionsWe conducted surveys with the students, industry clients and the coordinator of theUniversity of Dayton Design and Manufacturing Clinic in order to assess the value of theprocess. The feedback was very similar. Each stated advantages and disadvantages tothe model.Advantages• Client Sponsor Industry sponsors receive input from several sources. In
THE GLOBAL AND SOCIETAL CHALLENGE – AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ABET CRITERION 3.H AND BEYOND* Larry J. Shuman, Bopaya Bidanda, Katherine Thomes and Lawrence Feick School of Engineering/Katz Graduate School of Business University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15261AbstractThe new ABET criteria combined with an increasing concern about engineering jobs moving“off shore” are causing some engineering schools to seriously consider an internationalexperience as part of their educational program. These could involve a range of alternatives from“teaser” trips of two or three weeks, an international co-op or internship opportunity
INNOVATIONS IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PROGRAMS: FOCUS ON MULTILEVEL COMMUNICATION SKILLS Judith A. Todd, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, and Christine B. Masters Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802-6812AbstractMultidisciplinary engineering programs are uniquely positioned to integrate new educational andresearch initiatives into their curricula. In this paper, we describe an integrated series ofcontinuing innovations in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, College ofEngineering at The Pennsylvania State University. These
for Engineering Education” S t u d e n t fa m ilia r ity w ith fa c u lty 40 35 FY1999 N =34 FY2000 N =26 FY2001 N =28 percent of students 30 A v e ra g e 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 1 2 3 4 >4 n u m b e r o f fa c u ltyFigure 2. Student familiarity with faculty after one year in the AE LC.Increased retention. Retention
) c) a) d)Figure 5. Equipment used in the experiment setup of the remote laboratory; a) The shaker for the productionof exciting force to the boring bar. b) A stinger rod to ensure that the force from the shaker is only applied inthe intended direction on the experiment object structure . c) The impedance-head for measuring both the forceand the acceleration in the same point. d) The accelerometer for measuring the acceleration and there are twoof those. Figure 6. The boring bar used in the remote laboratory experiment setup. The holder of the boring bar, clamping-house, see figure 7 is the first point of attachmentfor the
for the development of a virtual lab that accomplishes the same goals andoutcomes of the traditional lab. An existing lab used in a PLC Programming course will illustratethe use of the some of the methods in development of an Analytic Strategy. Lab #12 Name: __________________ 2. Cylinder B starts to move ID:_____________________ forward slowly when cylinder A is [Objective] fully extended and is sensed by Implement a PLC program for the proximity sensor Pr1
Inspired by Nature, New York: Quill, Willaim Morrow5. Berry, T. 1988. The Dream of the Earth, San Francisco: Sierra Club Books.6. Bugliarello, G. 2000. Biosoma: the synthesis of biology, machines and society, Bulletin of Science, Technologyand Society, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 454-464.7. Hawken, P., Lovins A. and Lovins L. H. 1999. Natural Capitalism, Boston: Little, Brown and Company8. Hazeltine, B. and Bull, C. 1999. Appropriate Technology: Tools, Choices and Implications, San Diego: AcademicPress.9. Knight, D. and J. Sullivan. 2003. First-Year Projects Course Improves Student Retention.http://itll.colorado.edu/GEEN1400/index.cfm?fuseaction=RetentionStudy10. Piket-May, Melinda and James Avery. 2001. Service Learning First Year Design Retention
orientation of the two cameras are known2, then thecoordinates (X,Y,Z) of a point P in the stereo images can be reconstructed from the perspectiveprojection of P on the cameras’ image planes. In this geometric model, let b be the distancebetween the two lens centers, XZ be the plane where the optical axes lie, and XY plane beparallel to the image plane of both cameras. The baseline is on the X axis, and the origin O of the(X,Y,Z) world reference system is the lens center of the left camera. Using this setting theequations of the stereo triangulation are: Z = ( b × f ) / ( x1 - x 2 ) X = x1 × Z / f Y = y1 × Z / f
beliefs held by some ofthe very people on whom the nanotechnology initiative depends[1] . The intention hasbeen to elicit their ideas and concerns, beliefs, fears and motivations, as those pertain totheir work as researchers in nanoscale science and technology. The aim here is to help“disparately interested parties overcome their language differences in order to join in acommon cause.”aMy studies follow these scientists over a period of five years, as they move deeper intotheir own abilities and understandings, and as they make more discoveries, broaden theircollaborations and facilitate the development of new technologies. The participants areprincipal investigators who are conducting nanoscaled research in their own laboratories,at universities
fluid has a pressure ratio of 12. The minimum and maximum temperatures are 300 K and 1200 K. Assuming an isentropic efficiency of 85% for the compressor and 92% for the turbine, determine (a) the air temperature at the turbine exit, (b) the net work output, and (c) the thermal efficiency. Figure 1 presents a schematic for the cycle and the cycle T-s diagram. Figure 1. Brayton Cycle Schematic and T-s DiagramThe Brayton cycle analysis is an excellent example to demonstrate the use ideal gas functions forair. For an ideal gas analysis, the actual properties of the air exiting the compressor, indicated at
containment device). Sessions were conducted atthe participant’s workplace or in our laboratory. The “one model” task was given after theplayground task and before the flood task. In addition to being asked to think aloud as they readthe “one model” description, participants were prompted to comment on it in relation to howthey had just solved the playground problem. We also present results from three other tasks administered during the last part of thedesign session. These were given in the form of a written questionnaire (see Appendix B). Thefirst task, labeled “Your Illustration of Design,” asked participants to: “Use this paper to create apicture or representation of what you think the process of design is.” The second task (adaptedfrom