Catalog for 1987-1988

This University of Maine catalog for the 1987-1988 academic year includes sections for the Academic Calendar, Correspondence, General Information, Academic Information, Financial Information, Admissions, Abbreviations and Symbols, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Performing Arts, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering and Science, Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC), Pulp and Paper Technology, School of Engineering Technology, Naval Science (Navy ROTC), College of Forest Resources, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, Division of Life Sciences, School of Human Development, Division of Agricultural Sciences, Special College-wide Courses, Programs, and Minors, Military Science (Army ROTC), Technical Division, School of Nursing, University College, Continuing Education Division, Summer Session, Canadian Studies Program, University Honors Program, Administration, Faculty, and Staff

A MATLAB-Based Upper Division Systems Analysis Course for Engineering Technology

The Department of Engineering Technology at Old Dominion University offers TAC of ABET accredited baccalaureate programs in Civil Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, and Mechanical Engineering Technology. All students are required to take traditional courses in algebra and trigonometry, as well as differential and integral calculus, at the freshman and sophomore levels. While these courses provided the necessary basic mathematical skills, it was difficult to justify the traditional upper-division mathematics courses such as differential equations, vector analysis, etc., as appropriate for the special needs of engineering technology students. To address this issue, the Department has undertaken the development of a new systems analysis course that will cover the necessary upper-division engineering technology mathematical needs for ET students and it will be taught around a MATLAB based paradigm. While there are a number of fine computational software packages, MATLAB appears to be gaining broad acceptance in the engineering work place as one of the primary tools for advanced analysis. The course will consist of selected topics in linear algebra and matrices, differential equations, Laplace transforms, curve fitting, statistics, and optimization. Preliminary versions of the course have been offered several times to Electrical Engineering Technology Students and have received an excellent response. Beginning in the Spring of 2003, it will be offered to all Engineering Technology majors. Modifications to achieve that goal are currently underway. All topics will be first introduced in their basic mathematical forms, but once the concepts are mastered with simple numbers and forms, students will begin utilizing MATLAB extensively to solve more practical and challenging problems. The paper presents a detailed breakdown of the topics selected for coverage in this new course along with examples of complex problems that are easily solved by students with MATLAB. A discussion of problems observed during the integration of students from all the discipline areas into the course will be made and proposed changes to improve the course will be discussed

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, September 7, 2006

Religious Studies Program New Course Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education Repeatable for credit Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences New Course Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education Repeatable for credit Department of Instructional Technology Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Course Description Change Delete Course University Studies Request Department of Aerospace Studies Pass/Fail Only Department of English Pass/Fail Only Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Credit Hour Change Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication Pass/Fail Only Department of Political Science Pass/Fail Only Other Changing the name of the Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology Department Consolidating the three existing bachelor’s degrees in the Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences Department into a single bachelor’s degree with four emphases Correcting course restrictions Special approval codes to control the registration on particular sections of courses ENGL 1010 and 2010 prerequisites Distance delivery of degree programs Curriculum Subcommittee Handbook Temporary suspension of enrollment for the Business Information Technology and Education (BITE) and Marketing Education (MKED) programs Membership for the Curriculum Subcommitte

Composite chronicles: A study of the lessons learned in the development, production, and service of composite structures

A study of past composite aircraft structures programs was conducted to determine the lessons learned during the programs. The study focused on finding major underlying principles and practices that experience showed have significant effects on the development process and should be recognized and understood by those responsible for using of composites. Published information on programs was reviewed and interviews were conducted with personnel associated with current and past major development programs. In all, interviews were conducted with about 56 people representing 32 organizations. Most of the people interviewed have been involved in the engineering and manufacturing development of composites for the past 20 to 25 years. Although composites technology has made great advances over the past 30 years, the effective application of composites to aircraft is still a complex problem that requires experienced personnel with special knowledge. All disciplines involved in the development process must work together in real time to minimize risk and assure total product quality and performance at acceptable costs. The most successful programs have made effective use of integrated, collocated, concurrent engineering teams, and most often used well-planned, systematic development efforts wherein the design and manufacturing processes are validated in a step-by-step or 'building block' approach. Such approaches reduce program risk and are cost effective

The Competence Readiness of the Electrical Engineering Vocational High School Teachers in Manado Towards the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint in 2025

This paper presents the competence readiness of the electrical engineering vocational high school teachers in Manado towards ASEAN Economic Community blueprint in 2025. The objective of this study is to get the competencies readiness description of the electrical engineering vocational high school teachers in Manado towards ASEAN Economic Community blueprint in 2025. Method used quantitative and qualitative approach which the statistical analysis in quantitative and the inductive analysis used in qualitative. There were 46 teachers of the electrical engineering vocational high school in Manado observed. The results have shown that the competencies readiness of the electrical engineering vocational high school teachers in Manado such as: pedagogical, professional, personality, and social were 13.04%, 19.56%, 19.56%, and 19.56% respectively. The results were still far from the focus of the ASEAN economic community blueprint in 2025, so they need to be improved through in-house training, internship programs, school partnerships, distance learning, tiered training and special training, short courses in educational institutions, internal coaching by schools, discussion of educational issues, workshops, research and community service, textbook writing, learning media making, and the creation of technology and art

Louisville Science Center

The Louisville Science Center a leading resource for informal science education and is the largest hands-on science center in Kentucky, with 150 interactive exhibits and activity stations, a four-story IMAX Theatre, teaching laboratories, a variety of educational programs, and distance learning capabilities. The World We Create is a 12,500 square-foot permanent exhibit lets visitors make use of their creative and problem-solving skills with activity stations involving the fields of chemistry, physics, engineering, telecommunications, and manufacturing encourage visitors to discover how math, science, and technology are at work in their everyday lives. The World Within Us explores the life sciences, and The World Around Us is a natural and earth sciences exhibit where visitors explore their connections to, and impacts on, the world around us. Center Stage serves as a gateway to three major ecological galleries, including Atmosphere, Air That Surrounds Us, Aquasphere, Water That Sustains Us, and Terrasphere, Environments That Support Us. The Center has also developed some traveling exhibits available for rent. There are online games, links, and educational resources for teachers, as well as information on teacher professional development, activities, workshops and special events. Educational levels: Informal education

Editorial

This special edition of the International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education focuses on the mathematical preparation of tertiary students. Specifically, the papers included consider the impact that assumed knowledge entry standards in mathematics may have on student progression in science, technology, mathematics and engineering programs in Australian universities

Window Of Opportunity For Sustainable Energy

The article considers the ways of increasing the sustainability of the energy sector in an unstable environment and technology modernization that implies radical structural transformations in the configuration of energy systems. The authors show that power engineering should be given a special emphasis in this context because it is the most stable branch of the energy sector in terms of its vulnerability to crisis. The article suggests that the processes of electrification that further technological progress and increase the innovative potential of a region’s economy should be viewed as a driver forging a ‘smart partnership’ of power engineering and manufacturing. The authors analyze positive effects and price risks that emerge in the course of the implementation of electrification programs and use the analysis as a basis for their recommendations for developing regional electric power systems and effective relationships between utilities and consumers.The work was supported by Act 211 Government of the Russian Federation, contract № 02.A03.21.0006

SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF INDUSTRIAL WORLD WITH SCHOOL PROFILES VOCATIONAL TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND CAPABILITY GRADUATES OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN INDONESIA

Abstract: Synchronization of the Potential of Industrial World with School Profiles Vocational to Improve Quality and Capability Graduates of Vocational Schools in Indonesia. This study aims to map: (1) the potential of the business and industry that has the opportunity to collaborate with vocational fields; (2) profile of vocational field school (SMK) business in improving the quality of education; and (3) synchronizing the potential of the industrial world with the business profile of the SMK. This re­search was conducted using qualitative methods. The research location was centered in the East Java region with samples divided into three regions, namely the northern region, the southern region, and the eastern region. This study reveals that: (1) the industrial world has the opportunity to establish coopera­tion with vocational schools, namely the handicraft industry, food processing, creative arts, engineering technology, processed seafood, and materials; (2) priority programs for Vocational Schools in East Java include: improvement in special expertise, school-based enterprise programs, demand-market-driven programs, hands on experience programs, production based education programs, on-the-job teacher training programs, on the job programs student training, classical indoor and outdoor programs, training to be entrepreneur programs, and center test recruitment programs; and (3) synchronizing the map of the potential of the industrial world that has the opportunity to establish cooperation with vocational schools with a profile of Vocational Schools is very necessary because it can improve the quality and capability of vocational graduates