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Faculty Perceptions of Challenges and Enablers of Effective Teaching in a Large Research-Intensive University: Preliminary Findings
Authors: Briseño-Garzón Adriana , Han Andrea , Birol Gülnur , Bates Simon , Whitehead Lorne
Published: April 2017

In October 2014, the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus (UBCV) ran a campus-wide survey to establish baseline information on teaching practices and attitudes among faculty, to measure the impact of existing teaching and learning initiatives and to identify the conditions leading to change in practices and attitudes around teaching. Over 1000 participants with teaching responsibilities across 11 Faculties responded to the survey. This paper explores the main challenges and enablers of effective teaching practice at this large research-intensive institution, and presents preliminary findings centered on emergent themes of class size, workload, balancing activities and content, perceptions of the institutional value of teaching, and the current support for teaching available at UBCV.
Examining the Role of Friendship in Mentoring Relationships between Graduate Students and Faculty Advisors
Authors: Beres Jacqueline L. , Dixon Jess C.
Published: April 2017

Although previous studies have offered empirical and anecdotal support for academic mentoring, there are still considerable gaps in understanding the specific actions or components that are present in these relationships. Research has shown that academic faculty mentors provide all of Kram’s (1988) mentoring functions to their graduate student protégés. Despite numerous claims to the presence of “friendship” in graduate student-faculty advisor mentoring relationships, others question if friendship is even possible within this context. Thus, there is ambiguity about the role of this particular function in academic mentoring. In our attempt to reconcile results from a previous study on graduate student-faculty advisor mentoring and better understand the potential role and temporal development of friendship within this domain, we sought clarification in the existing literature. To our surprise, the literature lacks consensus on the topic and requires additional scholarly attention. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to share insights from our previous study examining mentoring in academia, summarize empirical findings and conceptual advancements on the topic of friendship in graduate student-faculty advisor mentoring relationships, and propose directions for further inquiry in this area, in the hope of strengthening academic mentoring relationships.
Gender differences in suicide in Serbia within the period 2011-2015
Authors: Dedic Gordana , Dedic Srdjan
Published: April 2017

Background/Aim. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estrimates that approximately 1,000,000 people die by suicide every year. The aim of this study was to examine the gender differences in cases of committed suicides, including suicide rates, socio-demographic factors and methods of suicide in Serbia within the period 2011?2015. This investigation is continuing the previous investigation from the period 2006?2010. Methods. Data were obtained from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Their classification related to the suicide method was carried out on the basis of International Classification of Diseases-Tenth Revions- Clinical Modification (ICD-X-CM) (WHO 1992). Statistical analysis was done by using the crude number of committed suicide. Results. Within the period 2011?2015, the total number of suicides in Serbia was 5,897, of which 74.56% were males and 25.44% females (male to female suicide ratio was 2.93). Annual suicide rate (per 100,000) showed constantly decreased from 2011 to 2015, and in 2015 it was 15. Male/female suicide ratio was the highest among adolescents and decreased with age. The suicide was the most often committed by married males (47.6%) and widowed females (38.86%) with completed high school, retired, Serbs. About a quarter (23.38%) suicide committers were older than 75 years, and 39.39% were older than 65 years. The most common suicide method males (64.63%) and females (59.00%) used was hanging, strangulation and suffocation. The second most common method males used was by firearm (18.96%) and females by poisoning (16.73%). Conclusions. Suicide Prevention Programme in Serbia should be primarily oriented towards two age groups at highest risk to commit suicide, towards the adolescents whose suicide was on the rise and towards the elderly male population, less ready to refer to the doctors for help because of problems related to their mental health. With the aim to suicide prevention, doctors should become familiar with community, state and national resources that are concerned with youth and elderly populations, including mental health institutions, family and crisis intervention centers.
Opioid Drug Death Investigations
Authors: Morgan Daniel
Published: April 2017

Opioid-related deaths have transitioned over the past 15 years, beginning with a steady increase in the incidence of fatal prescription overdoses, followed by a dramatic increase in deaths caused by illicit opioids, namely heroin and fentanyl. These trends in drug-related deaths are identified by medical examiners and coroners who serve an important role in public health surveillance. Medicolegal death investigators, being first responders, often recognize spates of drug-related deaths in real time. While few jurisdictions are unaffected by the epidemic, some medicolegal death investigators may have less experience detecting fatal opioid overdoses. This review will outline many of the medical, behavioral, and physical indicators of a deadly prescription or illicit opioid overdose. All aspects of a thorough medicolegal death investigation will be discussed, including the proper documentation of the scene and evidence handling. Investigative questions and follow-up procedures will also be reviewed.
Are we witnessing a revolution in methodology of economics? About Don Ross's recent book on microexplanation
Authors: Lagueux Maurice
Published: April 2017

The paper aims to assess whether the ideas developed by Don Ross in his recent book Economic theory and cognitive science: microexplanation, which relates neoclassical economics to recent developments in cognitive science, might revolutionize the methodology of economics. Since Ross challenges a conception of economics associated with what is pejoratively called 'Folk psychology', the paper discusses ideas of the philosopher Daniel Dennett on which this challenge is largely based. This discussion could not avoid bearing on questions such as the nature of consciousness, the interpretation of ontological realism, the relations between agency and selfhood, and the nature and scope of economics. The paper attempts to rehabilitate the two pieces of the traditional conception of economics that were most radically contested by Ross, namely methodological individualism and the foundational role of (human) rationality in economics. A relatively nuanced judgment on Ross's bold enterprise is proposed in conclusion.
Interdependent preferences and policy stances in mainstream economics
Authors: Claveau François
Published: April 2017

An individual's preferences are interdependent when they can be influenced by the behaviour of other agents. This paper analyzes the internal dynamics of an approach in contemporary economics allowing for interdependent preferences, the extended utility approach (EUA), which presents itself as a mild reform of neoclassical economics. I contend that this approach succeeds in broadening the policy perspectives of mainstream economics by challenging neoclassical policy stances. However, this success comes with a limitation: the EUA is unable to supply new consensual policy stances as alternatives to the challenged ones. The reason for this limitation is that the EUA opens the possibility of a wide variety of specifications for the utility function, and policy conclusions are sensitive to the details of these specifications.
The booming economics-made-fun genre: more than having fun, but less than economics imperialism
Authors: Vromen Jack J.
Published: April 2017

Over the last few years there seems to have been a sharp increase in the number of books that want to spread the news that economics is, or at least can be, fun. This paper sets out to explain in what senses economics is supposed to be fun. In particular, the books in what I will call the economics-made-fun genre will be compared first with papers and books written by economists with the explicit intent of making fun of economics. Subsequently, it will be examined whether or not it makes sense to accuse books in the economics-made-fun genre of economics imperialism, as some commentators have recently done.
Against the pragmatic justification for realism in economic methodology
Authors: Deichsel Simon
Published: April 2017

In recent times, realism in economic methodology has increasingly gained importance. Uskali Mäki and Tony Lawson are the best-known realists within the discipline and even though their approaches are fundamentally different, both provide (among others) pragmatic defences of realism by claiming anti-realism to be the reason for the low quality of (some) economic models. My paper will show that a pragmatic defence of realism is untenable and furthermore, I will show that for both Mäki's and Lawson's normative ideas there is no need for realism.
Ethics in economics: lessons from human subjects research
Authors: Blomfield Megan
Published: April 2017

Many economists, it is said, "are inclined to deny that moral philosophy has anything to do with economics" (Hausman and McPherson 2006, 291). In this paper I challenge such inclinations by drawing an analogy between economic interventions and human subjects research. It is undeniable that investigators engaged in the latter should adhere to specific ethical principles. I argue that analogous features of economic interventions should lead us to recognise that similar ethical concerns actually arise in both activities, and thus that economic interventions should also be conducted in accordance with ethical principles. By exploring the analogy further I formulate some ethical guidelines for economic practice, which in turn imply that ethical responsibilities will extend to all members of the economics profession.
Conceptualising the labour-money connection: a critical re-examination of Benetti and Cartelier's Marchands, salariat et capitalistes
Authors: Sobel Richard , Postel Nicolas
Published: April 2017

Carlo Benetti and Jean Cartelier's Marchands, salariat et capitalistes (1980) may be seen as a French attempt to develop a radical "monetary" paradigm, designed to counter the dominant neoclassical model. In this article, we argue that while the monetary approach is necessary for an epistemological break from orthodoxy, it is insufficient for the development of a genuinely heterodox paradigm. The problem is its conceptual limitation to a form of "monetary purism". This approach is limited by a form of "monetary purism" and this limitation makes it incapable of attributing any theoretical status either to the labour force or to the wage-labour nexus.
Orthodox and heterodox economics in recent economic methodology
Authors: Hands D. Wade
Published: April 2017

This paper discusses the development of the field of economic methodology during the last few decades emphasizing the early influence of the "shelf" of Popperian philosophy and the division between neoclassical and heterodox economics. It argues that the field of methodology has recently adopted a more naturalistic approach focusing primarily on the "new pluralist" subfields of experimental economics, behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and related subjects.
Bees on paper: the British press reads the Fable
Authors: Revolti Matteo
Published: April 2017

The British press played a significant role by influencing public debates following the publication of Mandeville’s The fable of the bees. Between 1714 and 1732, British newspapers published over three hundred reports on the Fable that circulated in the form of editorials and advertising announcements. These publications not only offered general information on the Fable, they also fueled controversy surrounding Mandeville's text. In this article I will analyse how the British press introduced the Fable to its readers and influenced its reception. Specifically, my aim is to show how the Fable's reception was shaped by the political and economic orientation of the newspapers in question. In doing so, I will analyze appearances of the Fable and its critics in the British press. I will then examine the language and topics used by two popular essay-papers, the Mist weekly journal and the Craftsman, who presented Mandeville’s book.
Axiomatic and ecological rationality: choosing costs and benefits
Authors: Rich Patricia
Published: April 2017

One important purpose of rationality research is to help individuals improve. There are two main approaches to the task of rendering evaluations of rationality that support guidance: the axiomatic approach evaluates the coherence of behavior according to axiomatic criteria, while ecological rationality evaluates processes according to their expected per- formance. The first part of the paper considers arguments against the axiomatic and ecological approaches and concludes that neither approach is unserviceable; in particular, each has the flexibility to accept important insights from the other. The second part of the paper characterizes each approach according to the profile of costs and benefits that it accepts, and shows that combining the two approaches in a particular way yields a new approach with a superior cost-benefit profile. This 'hybrid approach' uses axiomatic rationality criteria to evaluate processes that agents might use.
Cytotoxic Activity of Pentacyclic Triterpene-3-Heptadecanoate Ester against Hela Cell Line and Its Docking Study
Authors: Mulyadi Sri Mulyani , Yuliati Tri , Tegar Maulana , Ardhila Imam
Published: April 2017

Pentacyclic triterpene-3-heptadecanoate (12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-heptadecanoate)ester refers to the compound as a result of reaction between pentacyclic triterpene-3-ol(12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-ol) and heptadecanoic acid. This research was aimed to conductcytotoxicity test of pentacyclic triterpene-3-heptadecanoate; 12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-oland 12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-acetate esters against Hela cell line. The activity assay wascarried out using MTT method. The results indicated that IC50 value of 12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-3-heptadecanoate; 12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-acetate and 12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-ol were 111.0, 151.1 and 944.4 μg/ml, respectively. The compound of 12,13-dihydro-α-amyrin-20,30-en-3-heptadecanoate had the lowest IC50 value, suggesting it has a potency to be synthesized as ananticancer drug.
A Pheromone-Aided Multipath QoS Routing Protocol and its Applications in MANETs
Authors: Barom Jeon Paul , Kesidis George
Published: April 2017

In this paper, we present an ant-based multipath QoS routing protocol that utilizes a single link metric combiningmultiple weighted criteria. The metric is applied to the proposed energy efficient multipath algorithm that considers both energy and latency. Energy efficiency is an important issue in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) since node energy supplies are stored in batteries. In order to increase the network lifetime it is important to maximize the minimum node energy along a path. As the network topology changes, failures may occur on active routes,resulting in the need for new route discoveries if only singleroutes per flow are maintained. Frequent new route discovery would, however, increase routing overhead and increase mean and peak packet latency. Using multiple routes simultaneously per flow can be a solution to these problems. Also, a special case of the multipath QoS routing protocol that considers throughput is applied to a security context. A compromised node can obstruct network communication by simply dropping packets that are supposed to be forwarded. In our approach, messages aredistributed over multiple paths between source and destination using ant-based QoS routing. In proportion to the throughput of each path, a pheromone-aided routing table is updated and, subsequently, paths that contain malicious nodes are naturally avoided.
DAMPAK PENANGKAPAN TERHADAP STRUKTUR DAN TINGKAT TROFIK HASIL TANGKAPAN IKAN DI PERAIRAN MALUKU TENGGARA
Authors: Almohdar Erna , Baskoro Mulyono S. , Yusfiandayani Roza , Taurusman Am Azbas
Published: April 2017

Penangkapan ikan memberikan dampak langsung dan tidak langsung terhadap ekosistem perairan. Penangkapan ikan yang dilakukan nelayan di perairan Maluku Tenggara terhadap ikan cukup intensif. Nelayan umumnya menangkap ikan menggunakan jaring insang (gillnet), bagan dan pancing. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis dampak penangkapan terhadap ekosistem, yakni struktur komunitas dan tingkat trofik hasil tangkapan berdasarkan alat tangkap. Pengambilan sampel ikan dilakukan dengan metode experimental fishing, yaitu berupa operasi penangkapan ikan menggunakan alat tangkap jaring insang (gillnet), bagan dan pancing di lokasi studi. Analisis data meliputi parameter kebiasaan makan hubungan panjang berat ikan, dan tingkat trofik hasil tangkapan. Hasil penelitian menunjukan tingkat trofik ikan pada alat tangkap bagan dan jaring berkisar 2,9 – 3,7 dan berada pada pengelompokan tingkat trofik (TL3) yakni didominasi oleh jenis omnivora yang cenderung pemakan hewan (zooplankton). Alat tangkap pancing berkisar 4,0 – 4,5 berada pada TL5 dan didominasi oleh jenis karnivora yang cenderung pemakan ikan dan cephalopoda. Ukuran rata-rata panjang total jenis ikan hasil tangkapan yang dominan menurut alat tangkap adalah ikan layang (18,2±12,5 cm), ikan lemuru (19,8±13,3 cm), ikan selar (21,9±14,2 cm), ikan lencam (20,1±13,3cm) dan ikan biji nangka (21,9±14,2 cm). Berat rata-rata hasil tangkapan utama adalah ikan layang (90 ±35gr), ikan lemuru (81 ± 28 gr), ikan selar (89 ± 40 gr), ikan lencam (92±28 gr) dan ikan biji nangka (90±30 gr). Hasil tangkapan oleh bagan, jaring insang dan pancing mengindikasikan bahwa terjadi eksploitasi yang tidak seimbang pada rantai makanan. Kelompok TL 3 dan 5 lebih dominan dieksploitasi. Hal ini secara teoritis berpotensi merusak keseimbangan ekologis sumberdaya ikan di habitat tersebut. Alat tangkap bagan dan jaring mempunyai dampak lebih besar terhadap keberlanjutan sumberdaya ikan dibandingkan dengan alat tangkap pancing (TL5), karena kedua alat tangkap tersebut cenderung lebih eksploitatif pada ukuran ikan yang belum layak tangkap.
RANCANG BANGUN ALGORITMA DAN APLIKASINYA PADA AKUSTIK SINGLE BEAM UNTUK PENDETEKSIAN BAWAH AIR
Authors: Ma'mun Asep , Manik Henry M. , Hestirianoto Totok
Published: April 2017

Aplikasi teknologi akustik untuk deteksi bawah laut dapat dibedakan menjadi empat tipe, yaitu singlebeam, dualbeam, splitbeam, dan multibeam. Semakin banyak beam yang digunakan pada instrumen, maka semakin mahal harganya dan detail serta akurasi yang didapat semakin tinggi. Meskipun demikian, singlebeam merupakan alat yang lebih banyak digunakan di negara berkembang. Kehadiran Cruzpro fishfinder digunakan sebagai alternatif pemakaian multibeam. Kedua instrumen akustik tersebut dapat memberikan hasil yang hampir sama baiknya. Penyimpanan data internal Cruzpro fishfinder cenderung mudah dilakukan, tetapi ketiadaan  untuk pengolahan data mentah ini menjadi hal penting untuk selanjutnya dikembangkan. Penelitian ini mengembangkan algoritma untuk pengolahan sinyal akustik yang dibuat dalam bentuk package Matlab. Didapatkan akurasi dan presisi yang baik dari pengukuran terhadap bola sphere. Beberapa rumusan seperti beam width, koefisien absorbsi, dan kecepatan suara, digunakan selama pengembangan  dan dalam pendeteksian bola sphere. Pengembangan algoritma ini telah terbukti efisien dan berguna untuk pengolahan data mentah singlebeam Cruzpro, dengan standar deviasi 0,13 dengan selang kepercayaan 95%.
The Mutimedia Enhanced Eletronic Teaching System
Authors: Cleghorn William , Dhariwal Harpreet
Published: April 2017

This paper presents the Multimedia Enhanced Electronic Teaching System (MEETS), which was created for the teaching of engineering courses. The MEETS was developed in response to the growing need of allowing demonstrations to the teaching of courses with large enrolments, which have traditionally been limited to smaller classes. It was successfully implemented for a core undergraduate course in

Mechanical Engineering on mechanics. This paper includes feedback from the students on the use of MEETS and the plans for its future implementation.
A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING STUDENTS‟ UNDERSTANDING OF DESIGN A WORK IN PROGRESS
Authors: Aleong Richard J , Strong David
Published: April 2017

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Strategic Planning in an Academic Context
Authors: Smith W. Spencer
Published: April 2017

This paper presents a document driven strategic planning process for academic units. Details are provided on the steps in the process that will lead, with a reasonable investment of time and effort, to a quality strategic plan document that incorporates input from all stakeholders. The resulting plan consists of a mission statement, vision statement, goals, objectives and implementation ideas. The specific organization of the elements of the plan and tables for systematically presenting the details on definitions, relationships between components, evaluation criteria and timelines are presented using a template. The proposal for the template approach is motivated by the success of this approach in software engineering practise. The template facilitates producing a document that is complete, consistent, understandable and maintainable. The process and the final product are illustrated using examples from Engineering 1 at McMaster University.
Self Evaluation for Compliance with the 12 CDIO Standards
Authors: Platanitis George , Pop-Iliev Remon
Published: April 2017

Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, collaboration began between universities, industry, and government to improve the quality and state of engineering education. Their paramount goal was to provide better ways to help students become successful engineers, possessing the necessary technical skills and expertise, exhibiting creativity, and having awareness of social, lawful, ethical, and environmental impacts as related to their profession. Traditionally, engineering programs emphasized the theoretical aspects required, while placing little emphasis on practical applications. An approach that has been introduced to provide a better learning experience for engineering students and to educate them as well-rounded engineers to be able to develop complex, value-added engineering products and processes is the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) approach. This approach has been adopted by several universities within their engineering departments. At UOIT, the Mechanical Engineering curriculum has been developed around and continually evolves to line up with the goals of CDIO in terms of course and curriculum offerings for core and complementary engineering design courses, science, math, communications, engineering ethics, and humanities courses. Herein, we present an evaluation of the Mechanical Engineering program at UOIT against the twelve CDIO standards.
Does Program Compliance with CDIO Warrant Automatic Compliance with CEAB Accreditation Criteria for 2014?
Authors: Platanitis George , Pop-Iliev Remon
Published: April 2017

An accreditation board takes the responsibility of evaluating an institute’s engineering program, granting it accreditation upon the satisfaction that it meets a minimum standard in terms of academic and professional quality of the faculty, laboratories, equipment, computing facilities, and students’ work within the engineering curriculum. In Canada, the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) ensures that engineering programs meet the necessary educational standards as acceptable for licensure, and that engineering education delivered by the institute continues to improve. In recent years, accreditation boards have prescribed “outcome-based” assessments of engineering design curriculums. These criteria focus on the ability of students to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering science, extending to designing and conducting experiments, analyzing data, as well as developing a system, component, or process to meet certain needs. A recent approach that has been introduced to provide a better learning experience for engineering students and to educate them as well-rounded engineers to be able to develop complex, value-added engineering products and processes is the CDIO (Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate) approach. This approach has been adapted by several universities within their engineering departments. But should a program’s compliance with the CDIO standards warrant automatic compliance with CEAB (Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board) accreditation standards? Following the CDIO approach and using the outcome-based standards of accreditation boards may suggest so. Herein, we will provide an assessment of the Mechanical Engineering program in terms of the CDIO approach and look at its relationship with the CEAB standards.
Engineering Design Education and Practice as Collaborative Knowledge Building
Authors: Buchal Ralph O. , Lu Hongmei
Published: April 2017

Engineering design is the process of devising a technical system to satisfy a defined need. The design process can be modeled as a transformation of knowledge. Collaborative engineering design can be described as a collaborative knowledge building (CKB) process. CKB is a goal-driven collaborative process of generating and refining ideas and concepts of value to the community. Properly applied and supported, CKB has the potential to improve both learning and design outcomes resulting from collaborative design projects. The paper proposes an integrated model of the CKB process, and discusses requirements for supporting computer tools. Existing computer tools do not provide adequate support for CKB, and better tools are needed based on the specific requirements discussed in this paper.
Understanding What Numbers Mean
Authors: Britton Ron
Published: April 2017

As instructors we expect our students to understand what the numbers they generate “mean”. We expect them to be able to visualize, in real or virtual terms, some physical approximation of the “things” they are working with. This visualization provides the basis for a “logic check” on their calculations.Our profession is founded on our ability to specify, within imposed constraints, the physical and functional characteristics of a system that will provide a safe, affordable solution to a problem. Students need to develop and refine this capacity during their undergraduate education. As simple as that may seem to those of us who have experienced the realities of our particular areas of expertise, it is not intuitive. Virtually all academic engineers lament the fact that students regularly submit answers that make no physical sense. The twin questions this issue raises are:1. why do so many students seem to lack an understanding of what their computer generated numbers mean?, and2. how can we help them gain the understanding we want them to have?
CEAB’s Graduate Attributes and Ontario’s UUDLEs
Authors: Stiver Warren
Published: April 2017

In 2009, the Province of Ontario mandated UniversityUndergraduate Degree Level Expectations (UUDLEs). The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) began reviewing and assessing progress towards twelve graduate attributes in 2010. UUDLEs and Graduate Attributes are both a learning outcomes perspective on education. Unfortunately, the vocabulary of these two learning outcome requirements is not identical. This presentation will take a look at the intersection and the differences between the two requirements. Recognizing and understanding the differences is essential for Ontario engineering schools to maximize the educational benefits associated with these two new requirements.
BEYOND BLOOM’S: USEFUL CONSTRUCTS FOR DEVELOPING GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE INDICATORS
Authors: McCahan Susan , Romkey Lisa
Published: April 2017

What do we want our students to learn from an experience? This is the central question that underpins learning objectives. Learning objectives attempt to describe the manifestations of learning that we would like to see by the end of a learning experience (e.g. a course or a learning module). Traditionally areas of knowledge that are the target of learning objectives are described as domains. Typically knowledge is described as cognitive, affective, or psychomotor and there are other domains such as interpersonal1-4. The domain describes the nature of the learning. Has the student learned a new cognitive process, or learned to care about something new? The organization of learning into these domains helps us to make sense of the types of knowledge that our students are learning. A domain is like a country, it defines a piece of the knowledge landscape. A taxonomy of learning attempts to map that landscape. It creates categories that describe ways of knowing. Just as a map describes the landscape using categories (e.g. roads, parks, towns), a taxonomy categorizes ways of knowing so that we can better define the manifestation of learning that we want our students to achieve. Most taxonomies are meant to be thorough maps of one domain. For example Bloom’s taxonomy describes ways of knowing within the cognitive process domain1. It attempts to categorize all of the different levels of learning in this domain. When Anderson and Krathwohl later updated Bloom’s taxonomy they added a second dimension, the knowledge dimension, which breaks apart the domain into 4 parts: factual knowledge, conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and metacognitive knowledge5. Their taxonomy applies the same levels of learning (i.e. cognitive processes) to each of these four pieces of the domain. Bloom’s (or Anderson’s) do not describe everything that a student should learn. They are only meant to describe one type of learning: cognitive process. Other taxonomies map other domains and some taxonomies cut across domains.
Changing Geers: Engineering Instructor Perspectives on Education
Authors: Roncin Andrew
Published: April 2017

This paper is based on the qualitative research work done on instructor perspectives about teaching1. The diversity of answers in interpreting what a professional engineer is.2. The different ways in which we connect theory and application in our classrooms.3. How instructor expectations change along with student abilities. These findings are examined in the context of bloom’s revised taxonomy. To consider how the knowledge, cognitive are supported in engineering. From this, recommendations about using open ended (engineering) problems to develop student’s engineering. The purpose of which is to better understand the attitudes and motivations of instructor’s so that when changes are recommended to accommodate CEAB requirements they are both appropriate and meaningful. The paper briefly highlights the context and methodology of the research. But of interest to engineers and educators are the following three findings. confidence and abilities are considered.
A Mechanical Dissection Laboratory using KitchenAid Mixers
Authors: Hubbard Ted , Doman Darrel , Arthur Craig
Published: April 2017

This paper presents the development of a Mechanical Dissection Laboratory at Dalhousie University using KitchenAid stand mixers. In addition to a reputation for durability, the mixers are very well designed mechanically, and thus serve as an excellent teaching tool for Machine Design. The mixers contain a large number of robust and relevant components, covering almost all of the topics discussed in most Machine Design courses. In this lab students are introduced to topics such as electric motors, planetary gears, helical and spur gears, worm gears, bevel gears, shafts and couplers. Students work in small groups of approximately three; they are provided with a tool kit, as well as a disassembly manual. After a short safety introduction, the students disassemble the device, taking measurements as they proceed. They then re-assemble the device, and test that it is in complete working order.
Development of a Tool for Assessing the Design Process: A step toward the creation of a Design Observatory
Authors: Gendron Steve , Brousseau Jean , Elouafi Abderrazak , Urli Bruno
Published: April 2017

An exploratory survey, conducted in 2010, has led to a better understanding of the design practices of Québec businesses located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie, Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Côte-Nord regions. This survey was conducted among 31 businesses from different sectors of activity focused on design methods, tools and techniques. The research aims to develop a method and a tool to assess and characterize an organization, its design system and its design process. The results will serve to establish an observatory of the design practices. Such an observatory will contribute to improve the engineering design education.The study shows, among other things, that most businesses claim to use a structured design process, although a very few resort to structured methods, sophisticated tools, or specialized design techniques. The results seem to indicate that the design process of SME located in the Lower Saint-Lawrence Area is not as organized as it could be expected.To understand the determinants of design performance better, and to develop indicators for assessing the design process, a new research has been launched.A conceptual model, derived from a review of literature, was selected to develop the indicators. Three axes (environmental, human and techno-scientific knowledge) and three aspects (organisation, processes and features of the product) are identified and used to define the design system.
A WORKSHOP ON LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY MEMBERS
Authors: Romkey Lisa , McCahan Susan
Published: April 2017

As an initial step in preparing faculty members for the new outcomes-based accreditation process introduced by the CEAB, a pilot workshop on creating learning objectives was developed for engineering professors at the University of Toronto. As the Graduate Attributes will be mapped to individual courses within engineering programs, the need for course-based learning objectives is even more critical; although research already supports the development and use of learning objectives as an effective educational practice. . This paper will describe the process of developing the workshop, facilitating it for the first time, and the lessons learned that were used in developing a second iteration of the workshop.
“ENGINEER”: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OUR STUDENTS?
Authors: Dore Sylvie , Forgues Daniel , Francoeur Eric
Published: April 2017

The École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), as are all engineering schools and faculties in Canada, is at work adapting its programs to comply with new CEAB Accreditation Criteria and Procedures.The recently defined twelve CEAB attributes define the knowledge, skills and attitudes that all engineers must possess in order to practice their trade. These attributes thus define, in some ways, the engineer. Therefore, in parallel to measuring how our programs integrate these attributes, we also wish to measure how well our students integrate these twelve attributes in their conception of what an engineer is. The premise of this work is that faculty should focus its efforts on those attributes that students do not seem to readily associate with engineering.The objectives of this work are to lay the foundation of a method that will enable us to:measure which attributes students readily associate with being an engineer; andverify if there is an evolution of these measures over time.measure how many attributes students readily associate with being an engineer;
SOME CHALLENGES IN THE DESIGN AND EDUCATION OF INTELLIGENT MACHINES AND SYSTEMS
Authors: Kinsner Witold , Wang Yingxu
Published: April 2017

Numerous attempts are being made to develop machines that could act not only autonomously, but also in anTo achieve such an ambitious goal requires solutions to many problems, ranging from human perception, attention, concept creation, cognition, consciousness, executive processes guided by emotions and value, and symbiotic conversational human-machine interactions. This paper discusses some of the challenges emerging from this new design paradigm, including systemic problems, design issues, teaching the subjects to undergraduate students in electrical and computer engineering programs, research related to design. increasingly intelligent and cognitive manner. Such cognitive machines ought to be aware of their environments which include not only other machines, but also human beings. Such machines ought to understand the meaning of information in more human-like ways by grounding knowledge in the physical world and in the machines' own goals. The motivation for developing such machines range from self-evidenced practical reasons such as the expense of computer maintenance, to wearable computing in health care, and gaining a better understanding of the cognitive capabilities of the human brain.
REINFORCING THE DESIGN FOUNDATION OF ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS USING LOGIC AND PROTOCOLS ANALYZERS
Authors: Schor Dario , Kinsner Witold , Marcynuk Kathryn
Published: April 2017

The foundation behind asynchronous serial data communications in microprocessor-based systems is generally taught through the theoretical timing diagrams and implementation of a protocol in a laboratory setting. Although students can extract the necessary information from the timing diagram to program a selected microprocessor, they face a number of challenges during the implementation because of the lack of tools to debug and observe the output of the microprocessor incrementally. More specifically, students cannot apply some of the acquired debugging skills like the use of breakpoints or oscilloscopes because (i) programming breakpoints can confirm the logic state of a signal and sequence of events, but not the timing of events, (ii) oscilloscopes can only capture portions of timing signals, and (iii) the signals captured are not digitized, thus displaying uncertainty in noisy environments. Once the programming task is completed, the protocol is verified by transmitting a known message, with the expectation that it will be received at the other end of the serial transmission link - an approach (all-or-nothing) that can be very frustrating during a lab session. This paper presents the use of a logic/protocol analyzer to enhance learning of asynchronous serial data communications by capturing and visualizing the real timing diagrams from a laboratory unit. The use of the Saleae Logic Analyzer provides students with a visual representation of the waveforms at every stage of their design and establishes a very clear link between the timing diagrams discussed in a class and their actual implementations in the lab.
Development of a Derivative Design Process Considering Uncertainties from Low Fidelity Analysis Tools
Authors: Park Hyeong-Uk , Behdinan Kamran , Lee Jae-Woo , Chung Joon
Published: April 2017

A sensitivity analysis and an expert system have been applied to find the important design parameters for designing derivative aircraft subject to new design requirements. Additionally, the Reliability Based Design Optimization (RBDO) and Possibility Based Design Optimization (PBDO) methods are used to consider uncertainties on low fidelity analysis tools. This design process can used to reduce the time and cost for derivative design of engineering product by reducing the number of design variables. In this study, the process is applied to a conceptual design of light business jet aircraft.
Design of Educational Instantaneous Powers Metering Software for Steady-State Single-Phase AC Networks
Authors: Wamkeue Rene , Theubou Tameghe Tommy Andy , Nyobe Yome Jean Maurice
Published: April 2017

In this paper, instantaneous complex current and voltage for steady-state single-phase alternating-current (AC) circuit are introduced to improve the teaching methodology of instantaneous powers in undergraduate power courses. In contrast to the classical approach using fixed phasors, it is shown in this paper that an instantaneous solution approach also provides interesting results and leads to exact formulations of instantaneous powers. As a step towards building instantaneous reactive-power metering equipment for teaching purposes, a numerical model has been developed using Matlab/Simulink software. The evaluation of the approach by means of a student assessment is also addressed in the paper.
USING COST ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR COMBINING DESIGN FOR ASSEMBLY AND DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY AT THE EARLY STAGE OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Authors: Memary Reza
Published: April 2017

A model for Integration of Assembly and Disassembly in Lifecycle Management is proposed and its efficiency is evaluated using case studies. The feasibility of considering assembly and disassembly together in the way that End of Life Option gives the highest profit and promotes recycling profitability is investigated. Keywords; Design for Sustainability, Design for Assembly, Design for Disassembly, Life Cycle Management
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON SUCCESS AND FAILURE CASE STUDIES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN - THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY
Authors: Berjis P. , Panesar D. K.
Published: April 2017

Civil engineering education at graduate and undergraduate levels commonly draws on structural engineering case studies, such as the 1907 Quebec Bridge Collapse or the 1981 Hyatt Regency Collapse to illustrate the significance of technical engineering design decisions, and their implications. A study of the Gardiner Expressway in a senior level civil engineering design course is valuable for a variety of reasons and are discussed in the paper. Construction of the Fredrick G. Gardiner Expressway, which acts as a main commuter route through Downtown Toronto, began in 1956 and was completed in 1965. Today, at over 50 years old, the expressway is experiencing traffic congestion, and visible degradation of structural materials, and consequently public safety may be compromised. This paper explores the history of the Gardiner Expressway and aspects of its design as it pertains to the current state of the aging infrastructure. There is a need for students to gain an understanding, exercise design skills and the design process in application to current, real world engineering design challenges such as aging structures and infrastructure.
CONCURRENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION FOR TWO-PRODUCT OPERATION
Authors: Bacioiu George M. , Pasek Zbigniew J.
Published: April 2017

Product/process design and optimization are typically aimed at a single product for a single customer. Such approach, however, often leads to underutilization of available production capacity. It is therefore reasonable for the manufacturer to make an effort to minimize available excess capacity to improve overall facility performance. Excess capacity can be allocated to the production of another product/process design, which can be also independently optimized. However, exploring possible synergies between the two products/processes may bring higher benefits. This paper presents a case where a manufacturing process (plastic blow moulding) was shared among two different products for two different customers, each with a different set of needs. These customer needs were mapped into core value-creating processes, recognizing both the differences in their requirements as well as the similarities in their expectations. Conflicting differences in complexity, production volumes and quality requirements were reconciled using QFD_based approach, and led to improved customer satisfaction and cost performance.
DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESSES AND CRITERIA FOR CEAB GRADUATE ATTRIBUTE ASSESSMENT
Authors: Frank Brian
Published: April 2017

The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) is following the lead of other accreditation bodies in requiring engineering programs to measure graduate attributes, also known as outcomes. Canadian ministers of education have also established undergraduate degree-level expectations that will imact engineering programs. This paper will review the evolution of outcomes assessment as it pertains to engineering accreditation and compare the new CEAB graduate attribute requirements to those of engineering accreditation bodies in countries including the U.S.A, U.K., and Australia. The process of implementing outcomes assessment at Queen's University will be described, including development of measurable assessment criteria from faculty working groups. Finally, the paper will provide an overview of learning management system software that can manage and report on assessment measures.
MINEWIKI: THE USE OF WIKI TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL IN A SENIOR MINE DESIGN COURSE
Authors: Saleh Nasser , McKinnon Steve
Published: April 2017

The paper presents an investigation of wiki technology as a teaching tool in a team mine design engineering course where students were required to develop an article on a selected design topic. The case study presents how the appropriate platform was selected through collaboration between the course instructor and the engineering librarian and the approach used in evaluating learners’ experience using this technology for their first time in an academic course. The paper also reports and discusses some of the challenges that were faced during the course, in addition to the lessons learned to guide the development of the wiki for future years.
EXAMINING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR TASK PERCEPTIONS IN A COMPLEX ENGINEERING DESIGN TASK
Authors: Hadwin A F , Oshige M , Miller M , Wild P M
Published: April 2017

Understanding assigned tasks is an important skill for academic success. However, few studies have explored the accuracy of task understanding as it develops over the duration of a complex assignment. This study examined explicit, implicit, and socio-cultural aspects of task understanding in the context of an design project assigned to a third year class of Mechanical Engineering students. Specifically, this study examined: (1) the agreement between student and instructors task perceptions for the same complex engineering design task, and (2) changes in both instructor's and students' task perceptions from the beginning to the end of the task. Findings indicate that: (1) students' and instructor task-perceptions generally became more attuned over time, (2) instructor task-understanding evolved over time, and (3) socio-contextual aspects of task-understanding were highly correlated with task and course academic achievement.
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING IN TO K-12 EDUCATION
Authors: Spencer Mary , Strong David S.
Published: April 2017

There has been a general decline in the number of students applying for engineering programs among Western nation’s universities over the last decade. For this society to continue advancing, particularly with the growing emphasis on sustainable practices, it is necessary to reverse this trend and grow the number of students who choose engineering as a profession. It is generally accepted that kindergarten through high school (K-12) education has significant influence on a student’s choice of university programs. It is proposed that initiatives be developed to foster interest in the profession of engineering long before students make post-secondary education choices. Potential mechanisms to fulfill this need could include direct student curricular programs, development for teachers, and outreach opportunities for students. As a first step, this paper discusses an initial investigation into current K-12 approaches to increasing awareness of and interest in engineering, as well as the effectiveness of the approaches.