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Showing 1 to 20 of 367 for “"Engineering and Technology"”.
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Gendered careers in science, engineering and technology: transforming spaces and changing identities
Women remain under represented in science, engineering and technology (SET) professions, and for women who take career breaks returning can be difficult due to the persistence of gendered organisational cultures within these sectors. The papers collated for this PhD by Published Work bring a …
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Decision support for biomass feedstock production enabled by concurrent science, engineering and technology (ConSEnT)
… fuels (59.99 of 108.41 quintillion joules) and close to 50% of annual fossil fuel (26.55 of 59.99 quintillion joules) is imported. Fossil fuels accounted for almost all carbon dioxide emissions (5814.4 of 5839.3 million metric tons) in 2008, which caused significant contributions to the …
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Science, Engineering and Technology Research Funding Policy in Ireland 1995-2008: A Policy Document Analysis
… level of government funding for research and development in higher education institutions in Ireland. This thesis analyses the evolving theoretical literature on the production of knowledge, and traces how models of research and innovation have evolved in the contemporary period. Four …
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Investigating the factors affecting the development of a sustainable national accreditation body for engineering and technology laboratories in North Africa
… awareness among the public regarding the role and purpose of accreditation. This constitutes a major constraint and it is one of several constraints for accreditation, specifically, in the Arab region. The primary objective of a National Accreditation Body is to enable organisations to attain …
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Understanding Empathy in the Experiences of Undergraduate Engineering Students in Service-Learning Programs
In an increasingly globalized world and with rapid advancement in technology, there is a need to grapple more intently with social implications of engineering and technology. In the engineering community, these trends direct us to more critically consider how engineering and technology affect …
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Measurement of active biomass in activated sludge mixed liquor
… advances have been made in the areas of engineering (design) and technology (implementation and operation) of the single sludge activated sludge system. Activated sludge systems have been successfully designed and implemented at full-scale for the biological removal of carbon (C), …
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The framework for the development of the southeast Tsinghua University campus
… of the best universities focusing on science, engineering, and technology in P. R. CHINA. At present, Tsinghua University is aiming to develop the University not only as one of the national bases for higher learning and for scientific research and technological development but also as one the …
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Experimental investigation on traversing hot jet ignition of lean hydrocarbon-air mixtures in a constant volume combustor
… constant-volume combustion gas turbines and pre-chamber IC engines. The hot-jet ignition constant-volume combustor rig at the Combustion and Propulsion Research Laboratory at the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) was …
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High-Definition Raman-based Distributed Temperature Sensing
… it a popular topic in various fields of science, engineering, and technology. From pre-fire detection to ecological monitoring, DTS has taken a vital role in scientific research. DTS uses the principle of backscattering by three different spectral components, e.g., Rayleigh scattering, Brillouin …
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From mechanic to designer: Evolving perceptions of elementary students over three years of engineering instruction
<p>Due in part to increasing state standards that require engineering in K-12 curricula and the Next Generation Science Standards’ incorporation of engineering outcomes, inclusion of engineering into elementary classrooms is on the rise. Teacher development and experiences in learning about and …
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South Asian females and technology education: A study of engagement and disengagement in Britain
My thesis is concerned with the engagement and disengagement of South Asian girls and women with technology education in Britain. The research arose out of the need to establish whether South Asian girls and women had been included in, and benefited from, the attempts to encourage more girls and …
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Educating engineers for the 21st century : a framework for skill development through co-curricular and extracurricular involvement
… marketplace becomes increasingly interconnected and multidisciplinary, graduates of undergraduate engineering programs face new challenges in communication, creative thinking, and teamwork as they enter the international workforce. To address this shift, over the last two decades American …
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Summer Science Camp Instructor Reflections on Personal and Professional Development
… job experiences at the EYES (Educating Youth in Engineering and Science) program impacted former instructors’ personal and professional development. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educational research in a camp environment is mostly focused on student learning and achievement; …
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DEVELOPMENT OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR DIABETICS IN ROUTINE LIFE AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
… approach of medical practices which rely more on engineering and technology. This transformation has not only been brought about due to improvements in measurement technology but also because of systems engineering tools such as modeling, optimization, and control. Particularly, in the recent …
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Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Sensors
The relevant developments in: science, engineering, and technology; and their confluence at different times resulting in the concept, feasibility, and the emergence of the solid electrolyte oxygen sensor, are traced from the last century to the present time when a number of commercial devices are …
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Enabling Performance Skills: Assessment in Engineering Education
Current reform in engineering education is part of a national trend emphasizing student learning as well as accountability in instruction. Assessing student performance to demonstrate accountability has become a necessity in academia. In newly adopted criterion proposed by the Accreditation Board …
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The Effect of Professional Development Training for Secondary Mathematics Teachers Concerning Nontraditional Employment Roles for Females
… quasi-experimental study, utilizing quantitative and qualitative descriptive methods, examined the sex-egalitarian attitudes of secondary mathematics teachers from the Ft. Worth Independent School District. A video tape, Women in the Workplace, was used as a training intervention to test the …
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Building an Educated Workforce: Brain Drain and Senior State Merit Scholarship Recipients Studying Science, Technology, Engineering, and/or Mathematics
… with losing their most educated workers and scholars to other states or countries as well. As a method to combat the concern, some states have implemented merit scholarships to entice achieving students to attend in-state institutions of higher education. South Carolina's lottery-funded …
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A Learning Object Model For Electronic Learning
Digital libraries are fast expanding into the role of independent educational entities that aspire not only to complementing traditional classroom teaching, but also allow open electronic learning for distance and continued education. These multifaceted roles can be realized only if the course …
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Black engineering and science student dropouts at the University of the District of Columbia from 1987 to 1991
Black engineering and science students in colleges and universities have not been researched sufficiently to determine the reasons for their success or failure. This was an exploratory study focusing on those factors that influenced non-persistence of African-American science and engineering …
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