Designing Sustainability Curricula

Curriculum Design and Classroom Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8246-7.ch040 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 724-743 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Madoc Sheehan

Keyword(s):

Chemical Engineering ◽

Cognitive Learning ◽

Design Tool ◽

Degree Programs ◽

James Cook ◽

Engineering Program ◽

Engineering Degree ◽

Wide Range

Developing an engineering student's awareness of sustainability through the embedding of sustainability curricula is widely considered to be essential to modernising chemical engineering degree programs. In this chapter, the chemical engineering program at James Cook University is used as a case study to illustrate the design and sequencing of embedded curricula associated with developing a students' awareness of sustainability. There are a wide range of examples of skills, techniques, and characteristics associated with developing this awareness. In this chapter, an approach is described whereby a set of generic and interdisciplinary capabilities are developed to provide a degree of flexibility in how sustainability is interpreted and taught. A cognitive learning matrix is utilised as a design tool that facilitates determination of new subject learning outcomes aligned with the sustainability capabilities. A variety of curriculum examples are introduced and described.

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Implementing a systematic process for rapidly embedding sustainability within chemical engineering education: a case study of James Cook University, Australia

Chemistry Education Research and Practice ◽

10.1039/c1rp90068d ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 112-119 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Madoc Sheehan ◽

Phil Schneider ◽

Cheryl Desha

Keyword(s):

Engineering Education ◽

Chemical Engineering ◽

James Cook ◽

Systematic Process ◽

Chemical Engineering Education

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CRSP, numerical results for an electrical resistivity array to detect underground cavities

Open Geosciences ◽

10.1515/geo-2017-0002 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amin Amini ◽

Hamidreza Ramazi

Keyword(s):

Electrical Resistivity ◽

Geophysical Methods ◽

Electrode Array ◽

Electrode Configuration ◽

Electrode Arrays ◽

Wide Range ◽

Underground Cavities ◽

Conventional Electrode

AbstractThis paper is devoted to the application of the Combined Resistivity Sounding and Profiling electrode configuration (CRSP) to detect underground cavities. Electrical resistivity surveying is among the most favorite geophysical methods due to its nondestructive and economical properties in a wide range of geosciences. Several types of the electrode arrays are applied to detect different certain objectives. In one hand, the electrode array plays an important role in determination of output resolution and depth of investigations in all resistivity surveys. On the other hand, they have their own merits and demerits in terms of depth of investigations, signal strength, and sensitivity to resistivity variations. In this article several synthetic models, simulating different conditions of cavity occurrence, were used to examine the responses of some conventional electrode arrays and also CRSP array. The results showed that CRSP electrode configuration can detect the desired objectives with a higher resolution rather than some other types of arrays. Also a field case study was discussed in which electrical resistivity approach was conducted in Abshenasan expressway (Tehran, Iran) U-turn bridge site for detecting potential cavities and/or filling loose materials. The results led to detect an aqueduct tunnel passing beneath the study area.

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Engineering degree programs with technical focus and embedded quality assurance measures: a case study

2009 39th IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference ◽

10.1109/fie.2009.5350538 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Mahmoud A. Al-Qutayri ◽

Raed M. Shubair

Keyword(s):

Quality Assurance ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Engineering Degree

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Implementation of P-graph modules in undergraduate chemical engineering degree programs: experiences in Malaysia and the Philippines

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.110 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 136 ◽

pp. 254-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Hon Loong Lam ◽

Raymond R. Tan ◽

Kathleen B. Aviso

Keyword(s):

Chemical Engineering ◽

The Philippines ◽

Degree Programs ◽

Engineering Degree

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A stokes polarimetric light microscopy view of liquid crystal droplets

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-95674-4 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

J. Gou ◽

T. H. Shen ◽

P. Bao ◽

J. L. Ramos Angulo ◽

S. D. Evans

Keyword(s):

Liquid Crystal ◽

Stokes Parameters ◽

Full Description ◽

Research Fields ◽

Photoelastic Modulator ◽

Internal Structures ◽

Wide Range ◽

Potential Applications

AbstractThe optical characteristics of materials, such as their magnetooptical effects, birefringence, optical activities, linear and circular dichroism, are probed via the polarisation states of light transmitted through or reflected from the specimens. As such, the measurements of the polarisation states play an important role in many research disciplines. Experimentally, Stokes parameters provide a full description of the polarisation states of light. We report the implementation of a dual- photoelastic modulator based polarimeter in a light microscope, enabling the determination of Stokes parameters at each pixel. As a case study, polarimetric images of liquid crystal droplets of different internal structures are obtained, showing their distinct polarisation characteristics. We demonstrate that the prototype Stokes polarimetric microscope allows the quantitative determination of the polarisation characteristics of light at the object plane and enables the access of the information of full polarisation states as compared to a conventional cross polariser microscope. This work shows that Stokes polarimetric microscopy may find potential applications in a wide range of research fields.

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Didactics of Mathematics Profile of Engineering Students: A Case Study in a Multimedia Engineering Degree

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci10020033 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 33

Author(s):

Maria Luisa Pertegal-Felices

Keyword(s):

Engineering Students ◽

Primary School Children ◽

Cognitive Dimension ◽

Engineering Degree ◽

Wide Range ◽

Didactic Knowledge ◽

Solid Foundation ◽

Didactics Of Mathematics ◽

Teacher Training Students

Multimedia engineers develop digital content in a wide range of fields that require them to acquire skills in the development of web solutions for those fields. In this study, we evaluated the level of didactic knowledge of mathematics that Multimedia Engineering degree students possess. The aim was to determine whether they are prepared to conceive, design and develop educational multimedia tools for teaching mathematics to primary school children. For this evaluation, the Didactic–Mathematical Knowledge and Elementary Algebraic Reasoning (DMK/EAR) test was carried out on a sample of 50 students in the second year of a Multimedia Engineering Degree. The results were compared with those of teacher training students who receive specific training in mathematics didactics. The study shows that, for most of the variables analysed, the Multimedia student scored better or comparatively equal to the teaching trainee. In conclusion, students of Multimedia Engineering have a solid foundation in the didactics of mathematics, although some deficiencies have been detected in the cognitive dimension and the content in structures, which indicate that they would need to complete their training in these areas.

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Looking Behind the Increase in Custodial Remand Populations

International Journal for Crime Justice and Social Democracy ◽

10.5204/ijcjsd.v2i2.84 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 80-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

David Brown

Keyword(s):

New South ◽

Individual Case ◽

Law Reform ◽

South Wales ◽

Wide Range ◽

Commission Report ◽

Key Drivers ◽

The Individual

Numbers, rates and proportions of those remanded in custody have increased significantly in recent decades across a range of jurisdictions. In Australia they have doubled since the early 1980s, such that close to one in four prisoners is currently unconvicted. Taking NSW as a case study and drawing on the recent New South Wales Law Reform Commission Report on Bail (2012), this article will identify the key drivers of this increase in NSW, predominantly a form of legislative hyperactivity involving constant changes to the Bail Act 1978 (NSW), changes which remove or restrict the presumption in favour of bail for a wide range of offences. The article will then examine some of the conceptual, cultural and practice shifts underlying the increase. These include: a shift away from a conception of bail as a procedural issue predominantly concerned with securing the attendance of the accused at trial and the integrity of the trial, to the use of bail for crime prevention purposes; the diminishing force of the presumption of innocence; the framing of a false opposition between an individual interest in liberty and a public interest in safety; a shift from determination of the individual case by reference to its own particular circumstances to determination by its classification within pre-set legislative categories of offence types and previous convictions; a double jeopardy effect arising in relation to people with previous convictions for which they have already been punished; and an unacknowledged preventive detention effect arising from the increased emphasis on risk. Many of these conceptual shifts are apparent in the explosion in bail conditions and the KPI-driven policing of bail conditions and consequent rise in revocations, especially in relation to juveniles. The paper will conclude with a note on the NSW Government’s response to the NSW LRC Report in the form of a Bail Bill (2013) and brief speculation as to its likely effects.

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