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In this data article, we present and analyze the demographic data of undergraduates admitted into engineering programs at Covenant University, Nigeria. The population distribution of 2649 candidates admitted into Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Petroleum Engineering...
Goal: Classification of information technologies to support decision-making in the engineering and control systems. Method: systematic analysis of the types and methods of transformation of the information, including registration, storage, processing and presentation of information. Result and conclusions: It was shown that a variety of technologies are used for the engineering and control from human-computer...
XBRL is the latest technology used in processing accounting information. The core part of XBRL is the creation and application of taxonomy. XBRL taxonomy engineering is a special case of software engineering. From the software engineering perspective, the result of the design phase in XBRL taxonomy is the metadata model and the result of the building phase is XBRL element definition converted from...
The new Chinese satellite HJ-1A/B CCD images are used in the sea ice monitoring of Nanpu sea area in winter, during the time from Nov. 29, 2008 to Feb. 21, 2009. A fast processing work flow is established based on the object-oriented information extraction technology. And the result analysis and discussion are also given for the sea ice monitoring in this sea area during the time from Nov. 29, 2008...
The domain of artificial intelligence (AI) progresses with extraordinary vicissitude. Whereas prior authors have divided AI into the two categories of analysis and synthesis, Raine and op den Akker distinguish between four types of AI: that of appearance, function, simulation and interpretation. These subdomains of AI are differentiated by user goals, creator methodologies, and environmental constraints...
Engineering problems are commonly optimization problems with various constraints. For solving these constrained optimization problems, an effective genetic algorithm with a constrained sorting method is proposed in this work. The constrained sorting method is based on a dynamic penalty function and a non-dominated sorting technique that is used for ranking all the feasible and infeasible solutions...
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are rapidly gaining attention since enabling a broad spectrum of novel applications ranging from vineyard monitoring to space exploration. WSNs may consist of up to thousands of nodes, which typically have limited recourses (computational, memory, energy, etc.) and are deployed in a dynamic environment where they have to continuously adapt to new conditions. Given the...
As an important tool to study practical problems of biology, engineering and image processing, the cellular neural networks (CNNs) has caused more and more attention. Some useful and interesting results about the existence of periodic solution for cellular neural networks have been obtained. In this paper, by means of iterative analysis, the existence and stability of periodic solution for cellular...
Data from the Academic Pathways Study, a component of the NSF-funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education, were used to investigate engineering student involvement in extracurricular activities. The study design used a variety of methods: the results presented here are from longitudinal and cross-sectional surveys of engineering students as well as interviews with graduating seniors...
The science and technology enhancement program (STEP) at the University of Cincinnati (UC) links university faculty, graduate students, secondary teachers, and secondary students in an effort to enhance student competence and promote awareness in STEM disciplines. Graduate-student Fellows gain valuable experience assisting and teaching in urban high schools. This NSF-funded project has generated hundreds...
Traditional engineering education has focused on instructing students in the fundamentals of engineering and applying these principles in the solution of engineering problems. While it is important for engineering education to continue providing a strong technical background, recognition of communication skills (e.g., oral presentations, technical reports, memos) are becoming increasingly important...
Digital technology has become a central element of how students learn and engineers work. This paper presents findings from a naturally occurring quasi-experiment that compares the design experience of two sophomore-level engineering design teams and their use of technology. Both teams met regularly during normal class hours, but outside of class one team exclusively used technology for collaboration...
Using a constructivist approach, in-depth qualitative interviews with 49 men were analyzed to identify academic and social barriers to their success in engineering. Three themes were identified: ??Invisible Man?? syndrome in the classroom, lack of support with few same-race peers and faculty, and difficulty translating curriculum into personal interests. Findings have implications for broadening STEM...
This paper discusses various aspects of the design and implementation of the curriculum for three relatively closely related undergraduate engineering programs; namely communication, electronic, and computer engineering. A major distinctive feature of the programs is the emphasis on engineering projects carried out in groups and individually as well. The programs have strong technical focus and are...
The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of using guided inquiry in an Introduction to materials class at a large research university. Throughout the course, the instructor, as a facilitator, guided students by providing an active learning environment and probing students with questions. A comparison was made between lecture and guided inquiry sections, both taught by the same instructor...
In recent years there has been a wide discussion in S&T policy fora on the intrinsic value of countries defining S&T priorities. This paper addresses the international situation with regard to these issues, by comparing a group of 27 different countries. An empirical exploration of data regarding S&T activities in those 27 countries is carried out, in order to infer through cluster analysis...
Fusing theory and practical in a curriculum for engineering students is a core academic function of a University of Technology. The department of Electronic Engineering at the Vaal University of Technology places particular emphasis on this fusion by means of interactive classroom sessions combined with methodical laboratory work. A previous paper, presented at AFRICON 2007, highlighted several key...
Vygotsky's (1987) premise is that students write to learn, and that this learning stretches across the curriculum. The lecturer in the field of engineering has therefore to evaluate teaching and learning through writing tasks as they are traditionally known, and ask why assessment focuses on students' weaknesses - why does assessment instead not meet the student at his point of strength, and lead...
Extension detecting technology is a new technology developed to solve the detecting problems of physical measures undetectable by existing sensors. The basic principle and frame has been introduced several years before, but the implementing method of this technology is under development. In this paper, dependent function of extenics and the idea of fuzzy math is applied to construct an effective implementing...
Women are underrepresented in the areas of science and engineering, both in academia and industry. This leads to weaker support networks, lower self confidence and lesser access to mentors. We investigate whether a community built with a specific purpose to allow women in science and engineering to share personal stories can support women to reflect and learn from each other's experience. This paper...
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