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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Engineering mathematics"”.
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Women, innovation, entrepreneurship : essays on designing and improving education
… for women. We look at Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) programs focused on increasing participation of women in STEM and map them to entrepreneurship. Furthermore, we discuss the programs and resources available to women entrepreneurs. We recommend designing new programs …
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Reframing AgriCULTURAL Experiences, Narratives, and Careers for African American Youth: A Study of Community-based Programs Leaders' Motivations and Educational Space
… in agricultural and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) career explorations and to understand why African Americans are missing from agriculture and STEM, a systematic literature review and empirical study were conducted. Literature covering the current and past African American …
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Examining the Relationship between Career Interests, Styles, and Subjective Well-Being with the Strong Interest Inventory
… assistant, a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields composite, realtor, elementary school teacher, sales manager, graphic designer, attorney, and automobile mechanic. Regression analyses demonstrated that the GOTs and PSSs individually explain a significant portion of …
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An analysis of the theory- and employment-demands on mathematics for electrical engineering programmes at technikons
… a degree of dissatisfaction with the present mathematics curriculum at technikons amongst academic staff members of technikons as well as members of the electrical-engineering industry. The hypothesis of this study is that the present mathematics curricula for electrical-engineering at …
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A framework for dynamic safety and risk management modeling in complex engineering systems
… have some limitations for the study of modem engineering systems. Specifically, they are not suited to handle complex software-intensive systems, complex human-machine interactions, and systems-of-systems with distributed decision-making that cut across both physical and organizational …
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Contextualising diversity management: challenging the effectiveness of the business case
… mostly male-dominated (e.g. science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM). The sectoral analysis highlights the importance of employment context (sector, occupation, organisation, job role) in the understanding and implementation of equality and diversity. The publications …
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Problems, Models and Algorithms in One- and Two-Dimensional Cutting
… Science, Information and Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Operations Research, problems of cutting and packing (C&P) of concrete and abstract objects appear under various specifications (cutting problems, knapsack problems, container and vehicle loading problems, pallet …
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Collaborative competition for crowdsourcing spaceflight software and STEM education using SPHERES Zero Robotics
… resources in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) education to improve STEM interests and skills. This thesis tackles the dual objectives of building crowdsourcing cluster flight software and educating students using collaborative gaming and competition, both in …
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The impact of Project Lead The Way gateway to technology foundation unit completion on students' critical-thinking skills
… training fields will be in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), healthcare, and community services. One of the K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs' purposes is to promote critical-thinking skills (Johnson, 1992). This study examined the impact …
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Negotiating disciplinary boundaries in engineering problem-solving practice
… of problem solving required in 21st century engineering practice. The research contends that there is insufficient understanding of the nature of and relationship between the significantly different forms of disciplinary knowledge underpinning engineering practice. Situated in the Sociology …
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Further Characterization of High School Pre- and Non-Engineering Students' Cognitive Activity During Engineering Design
In response to STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) educational reform, pedagogical approaches such as technological/engineering design-based learning (T/E DBL) have received increased emphasis as a means to enrich student learning and develop their higher-order cognitive …
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Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Instruction in Secondary Education
… subjects in the STEM area (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) than for foreign languages and humanities. The effect sizes were also higher for shorter intervention studies than for longer ones and if quiz at home had been left out. Moderator analyses on the effect sizes PostOnly and …
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Three Essays Considering The Labor Market Behavior Of Young Workers
… with lower labor force attachment, while others (Engineering, Mathematics, and Visual and Performing Arts) correspond with higher attachment. For females, graduate degrees are the strongest indicator of attachment to the labor force and being married correlates with non-attachment to the labor …
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Higher-order Petrov-Galerkin methods for analysis of antennas
A temporally and spatially high-order accurate Petrov-Galerkin finite-element method is applied to the analysis of several antenna configurations. The method obtains numerical solutions of Maxwell's equations in the time domain using implicit time stepping and introduces energy into the domain …
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Extension of a high-order Petrov-Galerkin implementation applied to non-radiating and radar cross section geometries
Capabilities of a high-order Petrov-Galerkin solver are expanded to include N-port systems. Tait-Bryan angles are employed to launch electro-magnetic waves in arbitrary directions allowing off axis ports to be driven. The transverse-electric (TE) formulation is added allowing waveguide geometries …
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Thermo properties of quaternary molten salt heat transfer fluid for heat recovery system
In the context of the heat recovery system, the application of heat transfer fluid is one of the essential factors that can improve the efficiency of the system. According to the previous research, quaternary molten nitrate salt mixture has been proved to be an excellent heat transfer fluid in the …
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A new direct viscous-inviscid interaction method for aerodynamics analysis
In manner the way how to solve the flow problem past through a streamlined body such as airfoil, the present work introduce the combination of the method for solving the Euler equation and the method for solving the boundary layers equation. Such approach is known as the direct viscous–inviscid …
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Computationally-efficient path planning algorithms in obstacle-rich environments based on visibility graph method
Path planning purpose is to find a collision-free path in a defined environment from a starting point to a target point. It is one of the vital aspects in enhancing an autonomy of a robot. Cun·ent studies have been focused on developing path planning algorithms to satisfy the criteria of path …
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Influence of post-cyclic loading on hemic peat
Construction on peat soils has proven to be a challenging task to civil engineers since this soil type has a significant issue that arises from common problems construction of roads, housing and embankment construction with regard to peat are stability, settlements and major problems were …
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Finite element analysis of combined fracture and delamination on coated substrate under normal and tangential loading
Coating systems provide substrate protection from mechanical and thermal failure. Coating is subjected to contact loading of normal and tangential loading, originated from contact pressure and sliding contact. In this thesis, aeroengine brittle material has been modelled to simulate coating failure …
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