Conference Session

Robotics and Automation I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed Khan, Kansas State University, Salina; Lee J. Gatton, Gatton Research and Development; Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services

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Engineering Technology

in 2008 to pursue his interest in developing Socially Assistive Robots.Mrs. Beverly Gatton, Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton is the IT project manager at Fidelity Information Services Beverly Gatton manages soft- ware implementations of commercial banking systems across the United States. She received her B.S. in Business from the University Of Texas at Dallas in 1977, her associate’s of Engineering Technology from Kansas State University in Salina in 1986, and a master’s of Management in Information Systems from Friends University in Wichita, Kansas in 1998. Gatton’s has built her career in the application of Information Technology to the business world

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University; Shirley A Scott-Harris, Auburn University

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Minorities in Engineering

isolation a young person feels when in a large, unfamiliar city for the first time. As Stromei11noted, providing students with a mentor at both school and work increases the likelihood ofsuccess at both locations and contributes to a smooth transition to the postsecondary environmentand eventually to the workplace.An Academic Resource Library, which includes a collection of books, video tapes, textbooks,software, and periodicals, is available for students’ use during their academic career. The libraryalso accommodates a computer bank of old test files to aid students in preparing for exams.Students often use the resource materials in areas where software programs, tutorials, or learninggroups are deficient. Another facet of the library is the

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; W. Doyle St.John, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Engineering Physics & Physics

,”  prepared  by  the  NCSLI  Workplace  and  Professional  Development  Committee,  published  by  NCSL  International  (2010).  6  “Types  of  Metrology”,  (www.metrologycareers.com),  downloaded  January  2013.  7  Fishnell,  J.  V.,  Hovakemian,  A.,  Sugg,  D.,  Gentry,  E.,  “Navy  Metrology  Engineering  Education  Outreach:  Inspiring  and  Educating  Students  about  Careers  in  Metrology,”  American  Society  for  Engineering  Education  (ASEE)  Annual  Conference  (2012).  8  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrology  (downloaded  January  2013).  9  M.  L.  Taylor,  “Status  of  Metrology  Education  in  North  America  (a  lost  science?),”  Metrologist  Magazine,  pp.  20-­‐24,  April  2012.  10  Drew  Liming,  “Metrology  Careers:    Jobs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

AProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Page 8.749.1 Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education@well.A. Design experiences in first-year courses. Design courses in this category have three main goals:to introduce the concept of design; to give hands-on experiences in design early in theundergraduate careers of students; and to motivate students to study engineering, thereby,enhancing their retention and persistence in that major. A sample of references to papers thatillustrate these ideas is: Richards & Carlson

Conference Session

Manufacturing Lab Experience

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

James Higley

for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering EducationBecause of the dynamic nature of machining, the manufacturing laboratory is a popular stop forhigh school students, teachers, and counselors. Each year, several groups of interested studentsfrom local high schools are given tours of the lab where the CNC machines manufacture analuminum pen holder as shown in Figure 2. These holders are raffled off to the students in returnfor filling out an evaluation sheet. In addition, local high school teachers and counselors visit thelab in the summer to learn more about careers in engineering and technology. Finally, theuniversity hosts a minority engineering

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Bickart; Pam Newberry; Douglas Gorham

set of standards could lead to change in fundamental components of the educationalsystem.Comparing Engineering Criteria 2000 and Standards for Technological LiteracyTables 1 and 2 compare and contrast the concepts and principles that are recommendedfor technology education courses for grades K-12 in STL with outcomes specified inCriterion 3 Program Outcomes and Assessment of EC2000.Potential Impact of STL on Engineering EducationAs pre-college schools and districts adopt and implement STL, increased numbers ofstudents will take technologically oriented coursework, and will be exposed to manyaspects of engineering. These experiences will likely result in more studentsunderstanding engineering principles and selecting engineering as a career

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chow Michael; Barry Farbrother

Comments from the studentsAn opportunity is provided here for five of the present EiR program students to share their experiences. Student #1, Shiloh Archer : Senior - Civil EngineeringWith a strong interest in Structural Engineering and since Ohio Northern University’s Engineering college does not offer aspecialization in this area of Civil Engineering, the opportunity to work as a Structural Coop with MAP has had atremendous impact on my education and future career. Over the past thirteen weeks with MAP, I have been able to applythe following classes to my structural engineering projects: Structures I & II, Reinforced Concrete, Steel Design and ProjectManagement.My initial project with MAP was to

Conference Session

Mathematics in the Transition

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cairns; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Towers Twin Towers Twin Towers 6:00 p.m. Orientation KEP Lego Robots Career Panel: Meet some Bowling Dinner, KEP Swimming at Mabee Pool Bellovich/Harrington women from industry Riverlanes Bowling Name Game. (7:00-9:00 p.m.) (6:00-8:00 p.m.) Faculty Study, McFarlin Library

Conference Session

Topics in Civil ET

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

highway by-pass and large dam in particular. Students then watched a video onlarge dams and were assigned to write about the social and economic issues associated with largedams. In addition they were asked to discuss the social and economic issues of a local project oftheir choice. After the assignment, class discussion was used to highlight some of the social andeconomic issues encountered in each project. Student feedback on this learning experience wasalso obtained.IntroductionCivil engineering technology students prepare for technical careers in a profession in which thesocial and economic implications of a project are often as important as the technical aspects. Assuch, their education should not only include learning the technical aspects

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wilburn Clouse

different cohort. Engineering students who have taken theHOD class have enjoyed it, and have greatly enhanced the learning environment for other HODstudents. 2) Freshman Engineering Entrepreneurship Seminar. The professor who has taught theentrepreneurship courses in the School of Education and Human Development agreed to teach acourse in entrepreneurship for engineers. The concept related to this course is to capture theattention of the engineering student early in his or her career and to illustrate how newinnovation can be taken to the marketplace. HOD students have been invited to participate inthis seminar series. This has been an effective model, but limited in terms of student interactions.(The Education Professor also has a

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Wafeek Wahby

2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthey do have diverse backgrounds, learning styles, and career objectives.Moreover, courses presenting architectural drafting basic concepts are, most of the time,offered as introductory courses in many engineering or technology curricula. They arepresented to freshmen students who most probably are not yet oriented, or certain enoughabout their abilities or even their interest in those disciplines. Unfortunately, this couldturn-off some students, leading them to become less motivated or enthusiastic. If theirstamina is not strong enough to help them survive this frustrating period

Conference Session

K-20 Activities in Materials Science

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Amanda Young; Richard Brow

. Thedemonstrations are meant to foster classroom discussions of ceramic materials that promoteinquiry-based learning. The experiments will provide the students with hands-on learningopportunities while the kits will provide the resources and background materials necessary to set-up and understand the experiments. Further, the finished AGPMA kits will contain aninteractive DVD that will provide explicit instructions for using the kits along with explanationsof the science behind the experiments. The DVD will also contain information on educationalopportunities and descriptions of careers in Ceramic Engineering. Prior to delivery to AGPMA,the kits will be tested by UMR. Testing of the kits will proceed in two steps. The initial phaseof testing has included

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Stanley; Paul Kauffmann; Gary Crossman

. However, there is no clear evidence thatwould suggest that either approach is superior to the other since much depends on thedirection an individual follows in his or her career path.For quite a few years, Old Dominion University engineering technology students havehad some of both approaches. Since a significant portion of our students enter as transferstudents at the junior level, the freshman enrollments do not justify special courses.Instead students take fairly conventional basic Precalculus courses and, in the past, havetaken two three-credit Introductory Calculus courses. This was followed by a junior-levelmathematics course developed by the Mathematics Department consisting of specialtopics suited for engineering technology students. This

Conference Session

Related Engineering Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Laurie Cormier; Kelly Clark; Emily Ryan

are also doing a great service to the community inreaching out to young students. By getting undergraduates involved in engineering outreach, theywill be more likely to continue doing outreach later in their careers. Interacting with both facultyand graduate students at Tufts, and local industry people, undergraduates learn how to continueoutreach past the undergraduate level. Page 8.1218.3Engineering outreach also introduces undergraduates to the application of their engineering “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Wheeler

SPIRIT students– and interest on the part of NASA.Unplanned student-initiated additions to SPIRIT Project payloads have increased the sense of“ownership”. They were significant sources of pride even for students who were not involved instudent-initiated projects themselves. The program should remain flexible as long as possible, inorder to include such ideas9.Project lengthThe duration of a SPIRIT project was set at three years because of the guidelines set for theoriginal funding opportunity. This length of time coincides with an undergraduate career so theopportunity is there for students to grow with the payload. By this model, students would join assophomores and would be developing their design skills as the payload takes shape. It is

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Schemmel

. While positive feedback continues to be received it has becomeapparent that there remains a need for other educational resources. These resources can be usedin the K8 classroom, at a Career Day presentation, as a Boy/Girl Scout activity, and the like.Given this feedback, the decision was made to create a selection of lesson plans, again, ageappropriate and focused on Civil Engineering.One motivating factor for creating these lesson plans was a need to provide the end user aselection of self-contained educational units which introduce children, and young adults, to theprofession of Civil Engineering. Forty-five lesson plans have been created where each lessonutilizes only readily available materials, each requires little or no cost for materials

Conference Session

Manufacturing Systems Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Linards Stradins; Richard Rothaupt

both sexes may securesuch instruction and training in industrial and related lines of educational effort as will enablethem to become efficient industrial, social, and economic units within their environment.” UW-Stout has transformed over the years from a vocational training and teachers college into auniversity that provides many specialized professional degrees for careers in business, industryand education. The principle of ‘learning by doing’ is expressed in UW-Stout's philosophy of a‘hands-on, minds-on’ education and has been an integral part of undergraduate and graduateeducation since the school’s inception. This ‘hands-on, minds-on’ philosophy has beenincorporated wholly into the curriculum of Stout’s recently ABET accredited

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa M. Batula, Drexel University; T. William Mather, Drexel University; Gabe Carryon, Drexel University; Stuart Surrey, Philadelphia High School for Girls; Daniel Edward Ueda, Central High School; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-girlssetting, increases girls’ interest in STEM and willingness to pursue STEM as a career. A numberof studies have highlighted robotic’s ability to increase student’s interest in science5,7. Howevermost of these studies have not looked at implementing robotics programs in all female settings.A secondary goal of this work is to examine new techniques used for survey data collection.Most used paper questionnaires to obtain responses, for this work we used a Nintendo Wii as anadditional data collection tool. This allowed data to be collected more easily and accuratelycompared to paper questionnaires. The robotics program in this study was implemented at an allfemale high school located in Philadelphia, PA. Previous work performed by Weinberg et al

Conference Session

TAC/ABET-related Outcome-based Assessment Methods and Models

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark D. Shaver P.E., Pittsburg State University; James A. Lookadoo P.E., Pittsburg State University

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Engineering Technology

data in this manner, one corrective action would be to add into the curriculumreinforcement activities in upper division courses. The IEEE-SME exam had a better correlationto GPA than did the core exam by a factor of four. The IEEE-SME correlated relatively wellwith both the core exam and with student GPA.One major issue with both exams is response time in implementing corrective actions. Anassessment at the end of a student’s undergraduate career or as in the case presented in thispaper, in the middle and at the end of a colligate career, means that corrections to a course maytake two years or even longer. Reduction of the feedback latency can be accomplished byimplementation of a per-course assessment process where an assessment is made at

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University

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College Industry Partnerships

Success Alliance. She began her career as a statisti- cian in Washington, D.C. Since then, she has taught mathematics at a variety of post-secondary institutions and has worked as a director in education-related non-profits. She earned an M.S. in mathematics from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Page 25.769.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Increasing the Retention of Under-Represented Students in Engineering Through Connections with An Industry Advisory CommitteeAbstractMeeting the increasing demands from

Conference Session

Aircraft Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Kanipe, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

, but in terms of his career, the almost simultaneous commencement of the Space Shuttle Program in Nov. 1972 was to have far more impact. As a result, Kanipe was able to begin his career working on what he says was the most interesting project he could possibly imagine: the Space Shuttle. Kanipe became the Deputy Branch Chief of the Aerodynamics Branch in May 1990, and in March 1996 was appointed as Chief of the GN&C Analysis and Design Branch. Subsequently, he became the Deputy Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in Dec. 1998 and was selected as Chief of the Aeroscience and Flight Me- chanics Division in the Engineering Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Jan. 2001. Subsequently

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

preparing for battle bots competition.BackgroundAttracting students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields is achallenge that has been addressed at all levels of K-12 education. Outreach programs aredesigned with the goal of attracting talented and motivated young students into careers focusedon STEM.Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) had an ongoing program of record in operatingsummer camps to provide outreach to students of varying age groups. The Residential FlightCamp1 had attracted campers that were interested in space technologies flight, air traffic control,and meteorology. This camp was run by the College of Aviation. ERAU was also activelyinvolved with residential camps and day camps for a variety of

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhili (Jerry) Gao, North Dakota State University; Charles McIntyre, North Dakota State University; Zhi Ge, Shandong University

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Construction

students a positive element when they enter the construction industry and for theirfuture construction career. Therefore, adopting BIM to construction curriculum is necessary andbeneficial. However, a change of technology contents in courses requires significant updates onan instructor’s knowledge and much time and effort are required. This paper reports a suggestedapproach of integrating BIM in training construction engineering students to obtain knowledgeand skills of project scheduling and control in various courses within current constructionengineering curriculum, with a layout of course framework. Page 25.794.2Background of BIM TechnologyAs

Conference Session

BIM and Virtual Construction Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pingbo Tang, Western Michigan University; Haluk M. Aktan P.E., Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University

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Construction

projectdevelopment cycle. Table 1 lists seven engineering tasks occurring during a typical projectdevelopment cycle, which involve various analyses that can benefit from sensing and modelingtechnologies, as will be detailed later. We identified these tasks based on our teaching practice,detailed analyses of our construction engineering curriculum, and feedbacks of our studentsabout what are the most-needed skills for their career development in the construction industry.Sensing and Modeling Technologies for Construction Project DevelopmentThe seven engineering tasks listed in Table 2 pose various challenges to construction engineersduring a project development cycle. These challenges include: 1) time constraints, constructionsites change frequently and it

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Michael Abernathy, Ohio State University; Barbara Elizabeth Carruthers, Ohio State University ; Kayla Fay Presley, Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, Ohio State University

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First-Year Programs

some engineering disciplines maynot learn these skills at all [6]. While prototyping methods are now a common part of the designprocess, few students are able to confidently create a machined physical model at the end of theircollege career [7]. It is important that students of all engineering disciplines have knowledge of Page 25.849.2milling methods so that they may utilize the technology in their careers [8].Additionally, CNC milling has become a viable resource in many industries. With advancementsin technology, the price of materials and CNC machines are no longer prohibitive and provide avaluable resource for quick, custom production

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imelda Olague, New Mexico State University; Ian H Leslie, New Mexico State University; Thomas D. Burton, New Mexico State University; Ricardo R. Torres Knight, University of Chihuahua

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International

, and financialconstraints and difficulties. The complete program requires 203 credit hours, 163 from UACHand 33-40 credit hours from NMSU. The first cohort of students started at UACH in the fall of2007 and is currently enrolled at NMSU with expected graduation date of December 2011. SinceFall 2007, every semester an average of 20 students has been transferred from UACH to NMSUas part of this program. Despite the fact that the Dual Aerospace Engineering program wasoriginally designed to help Mexican students to attain a college degree in the US, it has thepotential to benefit students from the US. It is expected than in a short future, US students will bemotivated to start their college career at UACH in Mexico with the subsequent advantage of

Conference Session

Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Research Experience for Teachers Site: A Professional Development Project for Teachers1. Introduction In recent years, science and math educators, technology professionals, business leaders,and policymakers have pointed to an urgent need to develop a strong and technologically trainedworkforce to ensure American leadership in the 21st century “innovation economy.”Unfortunately, the American K-12 education system is currently suffering from a crisis ofinadequate teacher preparation in STEM1 disciplines leading to poor student achievement inthese areas. This is especially true for African American, Hispanic, and female students. Weakacademic preparation of minorities and women closes these groups out of scientific careers

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - College Courses and Minors

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelli Huser, Iowa State University; Thomas Kelly, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Seth Ballou, Iowa State University; Joseph Crispin, Iowa State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

the class and reviews the impacts of engineering andtechnological developments through focusing on one of the topics. In order to help futuredevelopers, this paper defines the topic and discusses how focusing on each topic enables theclass to show the impacts throughout the human developments and eras.IntroductionTechnological literacy serves many purposes in enhancing a non-engineering student’seducation. Many students are interested in learning how various technologies work that they mayencounter in their future careers. Other students intend to work with engineers and pursue agreater appreciation and practical understanding of the responsibilities of their future co-workers.A significant purpose of technological literacy is to enhance the

Conference Session

Mentoring First Year Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

scenarios and develop poster boards that demonstrate thosesolutions. The Grand Challenges Curriculum, likewise, is facilitated by faculty and uses aninteractive approach for students to think about what challenges our society faces, contemplatetheir role as engineers in finding solutions to those challenges, and learning how their notionsalign with those of current engineers. Students also have the opportunity to engage with facultymembers during meals and other down times and get to know them as people, breaking downsome of the fears and other barriers that often keep freshmen students reluctant to approachfaculty members. The faculty interaction plays a key role in strengthening student commitmentto career goals.Helping freshmen understand and

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Lutey, Montana State University; Penny Knoll, Montana State University

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Construction

supervisors of construction trade workers. As their careers progress,many will become construction managers.The construction trade fatality data was one indication that we needed to make sure that we werepreparing our students properly, in regard to safety, for their future careers. In addition to thisindication, we started to pay more attention to student performance on the Contractor’sQualification Examination (CQE) Level 1 from the American Institute of Contructors (AIC) inthe section relating to construction safety. We also wanted to gather data directly from ourstudents in regard to their attitudes toward and knowledge of safety procedures.Data Collection and DiscussionCQE Exam ResultsIn regard to the CQE Exam results, a trend started to appear