Addressing challenges students face in first-year university Computing Science and Engineering Science courses

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Cukierman ◽  
Donna McGee Thompson ◽  
Sheryl Guloy ◽  
Farimah Salimi ◽  
Margarita Karpilovsky
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Computing Science ◽  
First Year University

scholarly journals Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases

2016 ◽  
Vol 230 (10) ◽  
pp. 1742-1742
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Inert Gases ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Valve Design ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Part C ◽  
Computing Science ◽  
Materials Research

Owing to an error made by the authors, Ghasem G Nasr, Amir Nourian, Tom Goldberg and Greig Tulloch, the authorship listing for the following article is incorrect. The name of Andrew J Yule was omitted: Ghasem G Nasr, Amir Nourian, Tom Goldberg and Greig Tulloch Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science November 2015; 229: 2952–2976, first published on 17 November 2014 as doi: 10.1177/0954406214559998 The correct author listing should be as follows: Amir Nourian1, Ghasem G Nasr1, Andrew J Yule1, Tom Goldberg2 and Greig Tulloch2 Next generation of consumer aerosol valve design using inert gases Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science November 2015; 229: 2952–2976, first published on 17 November 2014 as doi: 10.1177/0954406214559998 1Spray Research Group (SRG), Physics and Materials Research Centre (PMRC), School of Computing, Science and Engineering (CSE), University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK 2The Salford Valve Company Ltd (Salvalco), Technology House, Salford, Manchester, UK

scholarly journals Novel metered aerosol valve

2016 ◽  
Vol 230 (10) ◽  
pp. NP1-NP1 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Research Group ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Part C ◽  
Computing Science ◽  
Materials Research

Owing to an error made by the authors, Ghasem G Nasr, Amir Nourian, Gary Hawthorne and Tom Goldberg, the authorship listing for the following article is incorrect. The name of Andrew J Yule was omitted: Ghasem G Nasr, Amir Nourian, Gary Hawthorne and Tom Goldberg Novel metered aerosol valve Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, first published on 17 February 2015 as doi: 10.1177/0954406215572839 The correct author listing should be as follows: Amir Nourian1, Ghasem G Nasr1, Andrew J Yule1, Gary Hawthorne2 and Tom Goldberg2 Novel metered aerosol valve Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, first published on 17 February 2015 as doi: 10.1177/0954406215572839 1Spray Research Group (SRG), Physics and Materials Research Centre (PMRC), School of Computing, Science and Engineering (CSE), University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK 2The Salford Valve Company Ltd (Salvalco), Technology House, Salford, Manchester, UK This correction will be included in any subsequent online and print versions of this article.

Penerimaan Pelajar Terhadap Pelaksanaan Kursus Sains Teknologi dan Kejuruteraan Dalam Islam di Politeknik

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Ahmad Fkrudin Mohamed Yusoff ◽  
Natrah Yaacob ◽  
Musleha Mokter
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Generic Skills ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Science Technology

This study aims to identify students' acceptance on the implementation of the Science and Engineering curriculum in Islam at Ungku Omar Polytechnic, Ipoh. The focus of this study is to analyze the level and  relationship  between  the  students'  acceptance  of  the  course  implementation  in  terms  of  course content,  lecturer  teaching  and  course  evaluation.  This study  was  conducted  quantitatively  on  270 students  of  Ungku  Omar  Polytechnic,  Ipoh  who  had  taken  Science  Technology  and  Engineering  in Islam courses using a set of questionnaires. The data were analyzed descriptively and inferred by using Statistical  Package  for  Social  Sciences  (IBM  SPSS  Statistics  20.0). Overall,  the  findings  of  the  data analysis revealed that the students' acceptance of the  Science and Technology Engineering Course in Islam in terms of course content (min = 4.451), teaching of lecturers (min = 4.531) and course evaluation (min = 4.441) between acceptance of students with course content (r = 0.902), teaching of lecturers (r = 0.897) and courses assessment (r = 0.940). The implications of this study provide lecturers with the opportunity to improve the P&P process and make science and engineering science courses in Islam as a platform for students to enhance understanding and be able to practice Islamic way of life and master generic skills. Abstrak Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti penerimaan pelajar terhadap pelaksanaan kurikulum kursus Sains Teknologi dan Kejuruteraan dalam Islam di Politeknik Ungku Omar, Ipoh. Fokus kajian ini adalah menganalisis tahap dan hubungan di antara penerimaan pelajar terhadap pelaksanaan kursus dari aspek kandungan kursus, pengajaran pensyarah dan penilaian kursus. Kajian ini telah dijalankan secara kuantitatif ke atas 270 orang pelajar Politeknik Ungku Omar, Ipoh yang telah mengambil kursus Sains Teknologi dan Kejuruteraan dalam Islam dengan menggunakan set borang soal selidik. Data kajian dianalisis secara deskriptif dan inferensi dengan menggunakan Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM SPSS Statistics 20.0). Secara keseluruhannya, dapatan analisa data mendapati penerimaan pelajar terhadap Kursus Sains Teknologi dan Kejuruteraan Dalam Islam daripada aspek kandungan kursus (min=4.451), pengajaran pensyarah (min=4.531) dan penilaian kursus (min=4.441) adalah sangat tinggi kandungan kursus (r= 0.902), pengajaran pensyarah (r=0.897) dan penilaian kursus (r=0.940). Implikasi kajian ini memberi peluang kepada para pensyarah untuk menambah baik proses P&P dan menjadikan kursus Sains Teknologi dan Kejuruteraan dalam Islam sebagai platfrom kepada para pelajar untuk menambahkan kefahaman dan mampu mempraktikkan cara hidup Islam serta menguasai kemahiran generik.      

The Need to Belong and the Relationship Between Loneliness and Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freda-Marie Hartung ◽  
Britta Renner
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
First Year ◽  
Health State ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Perceived Social Isolation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Humans are social animals; consequently, a lack of social ties affects individuals’ health negatively. However, the desire to belong differs between individuals, raising the question of whether individual differences in the need to belong moderate the impact of perceived social isolation on health. In the present study, 77 first-year university students rated their loneliness and health every 6 weeks for 18 weeks. Individual differences in the need to belong were found to moderate the relationship between loneliness and current health state. Specifically, lonely students with a high need to belong reported more days of illness than those with a low need to belong. In contrast, the strength of the need to belong had no effect on students who did not feel lonely. Thus, people who have a strong need to belong appear to suffer from loneliness and become ill more often, whereas people with a weak need to belong appear to stand loneliness better and are comparatively healthy. The study implies that social isolation does not impact all individuals identically; instead, the fit between the social situation and an individual’s need appears to be crucial for an individual’s functioning.

Reality brings excitement to engineering education

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86
Author(s):  
LARRY LEIFER ◽  
SHERI SHEPPARD
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Engineering Practice ◽  
Engineering Science ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Engineering Product ◽  
Intellectual Content ◽  
Versus Communication ◽  
Constant Source

The intellectual content and social activity of engineering product development are a constant source of surprise, excitement, and challenge for engineers. When our students experience product-based-learning (PBL), they experience this excitement (Brereton et al., 1995). They also have fun and perform beyond the limits required for simple grades. We, their teachers, experience these things too. Why, then, are so few students and faculty getting the PBL message? How, then, can we put the excitement back in engineering education? In part, we think this is because of three persistent mistakes in engineering education:1. We focus on individual students.2. We focus on engineering analysis versus communication between engineers.3. We fail to integrate thinking skills in engineering science and engineering practice.

Correlating entrance data and first year academic performance of students enrolled in the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Porto

2021 ◽  
pp. 030641902110156
Author(s):  
TMGP Duarte ◽  
AM Lopes ◽  
LFM da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
First Year ◽  
Female Type ◽  
The University ◽  
First Year University ◽  
Over Time

Understanding how the academic performance of first year undergraduate students is influenced by home, personal and institutional factors is fundamental to delineate policies able to mitigate failure. This paper investigates possible correlations between the academic performance of students at the end of high school with their achievements at the end of first year university. Data for students in the Integrated Master in Mechanical Engineering (MIEM) program within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto are analysed for the period 2016/2017 to 2019/2020. The students’ performance is measured by two metrics and the students are structured as a whole and by groups, according to their gender (Male/Female), type of secondary school (Public/Private), living place (Away/Home) and the rank of MIEM in their application list of options (Option 1/Option 2–6). The information is organized statistically and possible correlations between the data are investigated. The analysis reveals limited correlation between the two metrics, meaning that all students may exhibit good or poor results at the end of first year in MIEM, independent of their status at entrance. An unanticipated pattern is exhibited for the group Option 2–6, since it shows that, despite entering into MIEM without top application marks, the students in this group can perform as well as the others. This behavior is consistent over time.

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