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Understanding Behaviors of Attendance in Supplemental Instruction and Subsequent Academic Success in a First Year Engineering Course
As student retention and four-year graduation rates are
of institutional and national interest and frequently referred
metrics for college success, the Supplemental Instruction
(SI) program aims to reduce D’s, F’s and Q drop rates in
historically difficult classes. Although previous work done
by this group revealed that attending SI sessions for a firstyear
course (Introduction to Electrical Engineering)
positively impacted exam scores and subsequent course
grades [1], the program continues to experience low
participation rates. Emerging questions of student
behaviors in relation to attendance at SI sessions are
addressed in this article.
The study utilizes a mixed-methods approach,
incorporating quantitative data relating to grades and
attendance with qualitative data relating to student
awareness, use and perceptions about SI. These analyses
serve to gain an understanding of the effects of SI and
identify components of the program that students value.
Quantitative data was collected in the form of session
attendance logs, grade data, and student demographics.
Qualitative data was collected in the form of pre- and postsurveys
administered during the third and final week of the
semester.Cockrell School of Engineerin
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A Second Language Acquisition Toolkit for Teaching Introduction to Computing
Introduction to Computing and higher-level programming
courses are common first-year engineering curricula at the
university level and are key in developing logical thought
processes in engineering students. Recent research has shown
that employing second language acquisition (SLA) techniques
to teach programming increases exam performance and student
motivation compared to more classical approaches. However,
the presentation of pedagogical techniques has been largely
limited to higher-level languages with more intuitive linguistic
analogs and has not been extended to lower-level computing
course material. In this paper we present several SLA
techniques and their analogs in a computing course setting and
the results of implementing an SLA strategy in a first-year
engineering course. Statistical analysis shows that students
taught with SLA methods completed quizzes more quickly,
enjoyed recitation more, and had a higher perceived value of
the class when compared with students taught with non-SLA
techniques.Cockrell School of Engineerin
Dilute stuffing in the pyrochlore iridate
The pyrochlore EuIrO has recently attracted significant attention
as a candidate Weyl semimetal. The previous reports on this compound
unanimously show a thermally induced metal to insulator (MI) transition,
concomitant with antiferromagnetic (AFM) long-range ordering of the Ir-moments
below T120 K. However, there are contradictory reports
concerning the slope ddT of the resistivity plots () in the
"metallic" state above the metal-insulator (MI) transition, and the value of
in the insulating state, both of which show significant sample
dependence. Here, we explore this issue by investigating six different
EuIrO samples with slightly varying Eu:Ir ratio. High-resolution
synchrotron powder diffraction are done to probe minor variations in the cell
parameters of the various EuIrO samples investigated here. Specific
heat (C) and magnetic susceptibility of all the samples showed long-range
antiferromagnetic ordering upon cooling below T120 K. The
transitions are, however, found to be smeared out for the off-stoichiometric
samples. We show that the sign of ddT above the metal-insulator (MI)
transition is highly sensitive to the unit cell length, which, in turn, depends
on the level of Eu-stuffing at the Ir-site. Samples with composition close to
the ideal stoichiometry (Eu : Ir 1) showed a change of sign of ddT
from negative to positive upon cooling below a certain temperature T
T. With increasing Eu-stuffing T decreased until a negative
ddT persisted without any sign change down to T.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figure
Computing Teichm\"{u}ller Maps between Polygons
By the Riemann-mapping theorem, one can bijectively map the interior of an
-gon to that of another -gon conformally. However, (the boundary
extension of) this mapping need not necessarily map the vertices of to
those . In this case, one wants to find the ``best" mapping between these
polygons, i.e., one that minimizes the maximum angle distortion (the
dilatation) over \textit{all} points in . From complex analysis such maps
are known to exist and are unique. They are called extremal quasiconformal
maps, or Teichm\"{u}ller maps.
Although there are many efficient ways to compute or approximate conformal
maps, there is currently no such algorithm for extremal quasiconformal maps.
This paper studies the problem of computing extremal quasiconformal maps both
in the continuous and discrete settings.
We provide the first constructive method to obtain the extremal
quasiconformal map in the continuous setting. Our construction is via an
iterative procedure that is proven to converge quickly to the unique extremal
map. To get to within of the dilatation of the extremal map, our
method uses iterations. Every step of the iteration
involves convex optimization and solving differential equations, and guarantees
a decrease in the dilatation. Our method uses a reduction of the polygon
mapping problem to that of the punctured sphere problem, thus solving a more
general problem.
We also discretize our procedure. We provide evidence for the fact that the
discrete procedure closely follows the continuous construction and is therefore
expected to converge quickly to a good approximation of the extremal
quasiconformal map.Comment: 28 pages, 6 figure
On a Baleen whale landed at Hollengade, Karnataka coast
A report on the landing of a dead whale, belonging to the genus Balenoptera, on 29th April 1987 at Hollengade 7 km south of Kumta, Karnataka
Anomalous lattice contraction and emergent electronic phases in Bi-doped EuIrO
We study the pyrochlore series (EuBi)IrO for . We show that for small , the lattice undergoes an anomalous
contraction but the all-in/all-out and metal-to-insulator transitions remain
robust, and the resistivity approaches a dependence at low-T, suggesting
proximity to the Weyl semimetallic phase, as previously predicted
theoretically. At the boundary between EuIrO and BiIrO
a qualitatively different ground state emerges, which is characterized by its
unusual metallic behavior and absence of magnetic ordering at least down to
K.Comment: 5 Pages, 4 figure
Testing of syntroleum fuels in diesel power plants suitable for Alaska
Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005Sulfur free synthetic diesel fuels can be produced using Gas to Liquid (GTL) technology, and may prove useful as a substitute for conventional diesel fuels when oil reserves are depleted. These fuels also should produce lower emissions, as the sulfur content is near zero. However, this fuel has significantly different combustion properties than conventional diesel fuels, and may require injection timing adjustments to burn cleanly. This paper presents a comparison of the exhaust emissions from synthetic diesel fuels, manufactured by the Syntroleum Corporation, and conventional diesel fuel. Documented emissions are the total hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen. Effects of injection timing on exhaust emission and brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) are also discussed.Introduction -- Literature review -- Experimental set-up -- Test fuels -- Test cycles -- Test procedure -- Emissions results -- Discussion of results -- Problems encountered during experimentation -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A. Results from Alaska source testing
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