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• A Paradigm for Assessing Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge in Engineering Students

  - 2007-10-01

  ABSTRACT Conceptual and procedural knowledge are two mutually-supportive factors associated with the development of engineering skill. The present study extends previous work on undergraduate learning in engineering to provide further validation for an assessment paradigm capable of quantifying engineering students' conceptual and problem-solving knowledge. Eight students who were enrolled in...

  Tags: cognition, Engineering, knowledge, Learning, M., Psychology, Reading, Texas Tech University, thermodynamics

• Ethics on film.(Pick List)

  - 2005-11-01

  The National Institute for Engineering Ethics, a division of the Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism at Texas Tech University, has released the international edition of Incident at Morales, an Engineering Ethics Story in DVD format. The film is widely used as a case study in engineering....

  Tags: Engineering, ethics, Leadership, Texas Tech University

• Low-rise buildings and Architectural Aerodynamics

  - 2005-09-01

  The influence of Wind Engineering on Architectural Aerodynamics has traditionally been focused on expensive, tall structures. For a variety of reasons (reduced cost of the wind-tunnel study, population moves to the tropics yielding a higher hurricane exposure, architecturally-complex, lowrise, community buildings, etc.) the wind tunnel is being increasingly used to...

  Tags: coefficient, Colorado State University, conference, Davenport Co., Engineering, fluid, intensity, London, M., modeling, Reynolds, Roof, terrain, Texas Tech University

• Giving Students Time for the Academic Resources that Work

  - 2004-07-01

  ABSTRACTEngineering courses offer students multiple resources for learning; however, it is not clear how much time students devote to these resources or how effective they are for mastering the course material. We examined students' use of learning resources in introductory thermodynamics through the use of activity logs, and the relation...

  Tags: Engineering, Texas Tech University, thermodynamics

• Odessa American, Texas, Business People Column.

  - 2004-04-26

  Odessa American, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 26--HART NAMED MEMBER OF EXAMINERS BOARD: Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc. recently announced that Daniel Hart has been selected to serve as the public architect member on the joint committee of the Texas...

  Tags: engineering, Texas, Texas Tech University

• Newsmakers.

  - 2003-03-01

  * IIE member John Kobza, Ph.D., received the Aviation Security Research Award for his work with Sheldon Jacobson, Ph.D., in access control and checked baggage screening. Kobza, an associate professor at Texas Tech University, earned a B.S. in electrical engineering, an M.S. in electrical engineering, and...

  Tags: baggage, engineering, professor, Texas Tech University