The shortage of skilled workers at plant construction sites has made it necessary to increase efficiency in lifting, moving, and setting up heavy equipment. For this purpose, a power-assisted lifter (PAL) is considere...
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The Explore Space curricular efforts highlight the development of two post-graduate courses, namely, Space Biomedical engineering and Life Support systems and Sensori-Neural systems, developed and taught at the Massac...
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The Explore Space curricular efforts highlight the development of two post-graduate courses, namely, Space Biomedical engineering and Life Support systems and Sensori-Neural systems, developed and taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Innovative, modular curriculum has been developed to coincide with long-duration human spaceflight research areas. Astronaut performance, exercise, revolutionary spacesuit design, and physiological deconditioning of bones, muscles, and the heart provide motivational themes. Selected topics were adapted for use in undergraduate courses and disseminated to hundreds of children through global outreach. Traditional methods of science and engineering education can no longer be the pedagogical model to meet the needs of a generation of students raised in an increasingly visual, interactive information technology (IT) world. Our outreach efforts culminate in the design of an interactive learning environment, the Knowledge Station, which is a high-impact design workstation for one or two users that facilitates immersive learning. Three Explore Space outcomes are to: 1) Provide multi-level space life sciences curriculum, 2) Excite and educate the public about the wonders of science, engineering and medicine by disseminating knowledge gained through research, and 3) Develop a set of innovative pedagogical strategies that implement tested learning principles as a basis for comprehensive educational evaluation.
In this paper a mouth opening and closing training robot named as WY-5 (Waseda Yamanashi version 5) is analyzed in terms of stiffness characteristics. Basic models and a formulation are proposed in order to deduce the...
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Nanoindentation was used to assess the mechanical properties of lamellar and interlamellar tissue in dehydrated rabbit cancellous bone. The effects of surface roughness and maximum nanoindentation load on the measured...
Nanoindentation was used to assess the mechanical properties of lamellar and interlamellar tissue in dehydrated rabbit cancellous bone. The effects of surface roughness and maximum nanoindentation load on the measured mechanical properties were examined in two samples of differing surface roughness using maximum loads ranging from 250-3000 μN. As the ratio of indentation depth to surface roughness decreased below approximately 3:1, the variability in material properties increased substantially. At low loads, the indentation modulus of the lamellar bone was approximately 20% greater than that of the interlamellar bone, while at high loads the measured properties of both layers converged to an intermediate value. Relatively shallow indentations made on smooth surfaces revealed significant differences in the properties of lamellar and interlamellar bone that are consistent with microstructural observations of lamellar bone as more mineralized than interlamellar bone.
The concepts and practice of information security have for the most part been contained within Computer Science or Electrical engineeringdepartments in academia. However, as the information age matures and pervasive ...
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In January 2001, at the request of Delphi Corporation, the University of Dayton initiated a program to deliver its Master of Science in engineeringmanagement curriculum live, via the Internet, to engineers at corpora...
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The focus of this paper is the searching behavior in peer-to-peer (P2P) communities and in that context, will discuss potential for enhancement of the P2P protocol using searching behavior. Due to excessive network tr...
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The motivating principle of the BESTEAMS (Building engineering Student Team Effectiveness and managementsystems) project is to create a modular student team training program that can be integrated into any existing e...
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The motivating principle of the BESTEAMS (Building engineering Student Team Effectiveness and managementsystems) project is to create a modular student team training program that can be integrated into any existing engineering undergraduate curriculum. Funded by a three-year NSF-Course, Curriculum, Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant, the BESTEAMS curriculum is comprehensive and developmental, offering three levels of instruction (introductory, intermediate, advanced) in three key areas of team functioning (personal awareness, interpersonal dynamics, and project management). The purpose of this paper is to describe the results of student evaluation of the introductory level curriculum that has been introduced into the Clark School of engineering's - Introduction to engineering Design course (ENES 100). Students completed three team work modules presented by faculty trained in the module delivery during the 2001-2002 academic year. The first Introductory module related to personal effectiveness and increasing self awareness. Using the widely recognized Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI), the module shows students how knowing their own preferred learning style can give them insight into themselves as well as their teammates' view of educational and team tasks (N = 379 students). The second Introductory module (interpersonal dynamics) addressed basic communication issues including giving and receiving feedback, typical stages of team development, and brainstorming activities (N = 125 students). The final module on project management, covered personal time management in the context of team projects and included project definition, scoping and the creation of Gantt charts (N = 144 students).
Colleges and universities are continually making efforts to incorporate computers and technology into the varied aspects of their teaching environments. However, it is difficult to distinguish the effectiveness of the...
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Colleges and universities are continually making efforts to incorporate computers and technology into the varied aspects of their teaching environments. However, it is difficult to distinguish the effectiveness of these machine tutors from their human counterparts. There has been much debate about technology-based instructional strategies in learning environments. This article addresses one issue of that debate -the effectiveness of teaching undergraduateengineering students using computer-mediated tutorials versus traditional lecturing. Specifically, this research compared student test scores using computer-mediated accounting tutorials alone with those of students who received traditional lectures and computer-mediated tutorials on the same topic. Statistical analyses were performed to determine which was a better instructional method. Based on previous research by the authors and other published research, it was hypothesized that both methods would be satisfactory instructional tools and yield similar educational results. The results indicate that there was no statistically significant difference between the two methods. This was consistent with previous studies. This study concludes that computer-mediated tutorials could be substituted for traditional lectures without impacting what a student learns - at least for teaching accounting fundamentals.
Delivering an innovative graduateprogram in engineeringmanagement to a student body consisting almost entirely of working professionals can be challenging, especially when students are geographically remote from eac...
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Delivering an innovative graduateprogram in engineeringmanagement to a student body consisting almost entirely of working professionals can be challenging, especially when students are geographically remote from each other and from the main campus. Distance learning methods and technologies can be helpful in bridging this gap and making the program more accessible to a larger group of individuals. However, the implementation of courses and programs via distance learning requires much more than mere translation of traditional class materials and methods into new media, and careful planning is required in order to provide the optimum mix of traditional and non-traditional delivery methods. In addition, although working professional students often appreciate the convenience of an unconventional approach, they and their employers are much more focused and assertive regarding their expectations for the outcomes of courses and degree programs. This paper discusses positive and negative experiences associated with simultaneous delivery of Marshall University's graduateprogram in engineeringmanagement to four different locations, utilizing a combination of interactive video link technology, video-tapes, on-line instruction, and live instruction. The discussion includes an overview of the engineeringmanagement area of emphasis in Marshall's Master of Science in engineeringprogram, course and curriculum development issues, and identification of effective teaching methodologies for employed, adult students in a distance learning environment.
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