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Connecting Women: Wikipedia Editing In The Sciences, Ada Lovelace Day Edit-A-Thon 2019, Selena Bryant, Wendy Wilcox

Upstate New York Science Librarians Conference

Cornell University hosted its inaugural Ada Lovelace Day Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in 2019. Led by two librarians, this event is a chance to highlight the contributions of women past in present in the Sciences. Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer and is a good example of the invisible contributions women have made in the field of the sciences. Participants learned how to edit in Wikipedia and both Cornell affiliates and people in the Ithaca community were welcome. We highlighted female-identified Cornell professors in the Sciences, https://guides.library.cornell.edu/adalovelace, with underdeveloped or no Wikipedia pages for real world examples as well.

Cardboard Boat Race Tests Freshman Engineers, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Freshmen students majoring in engineering, as well as students from various academic departments at Cedarville University, are preparing for the 26th annual cardboard canoe boat race on Friday, Oct 4. The event begins at 3 p.m. on Cedar Lake on campus.

Senior Design Team Wins Hydrofoil Competition, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Cedarville University’s mechanical engineering 2019 senior design team recently won first place in the 2019 Mandles Prize for Hydrofoil Excellence.

Women In Stem In Higher Education: A Citation Analysis Of The Current Literature, Heidi Blackburn, Jason A. Heppler

Criss Library Faculty Publications

Increased efforts to diversify science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in the United States have increased the number of studies regarding the experiences of women in STEM programs in higher education. Using citation analysis and data visualization, this study aims to determine the major publishers and journals in this area. We reviewed 647 articles published between 2007 and 2018. Citations were concentrated on a small core set of journals and then scattered over other publications. Overall, just 3% percent of the publications accounted for 25% percent of the citations. The ramifications for STEM librarians and collection development are discussed.

Law Library Blog (August 2019): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Building Bones: Orthopedics Implant Company Connects With Cedarville, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Tangible Solutions, Inc. and Cedarville University’s schools of engineering and pharmacy have partnered to further develop 3D-printing titanium technology for the orthopedics industry. The partnership will go into effect in August 2019.

User Satisfaction On Digital Library Services Among Post Graduates Of Engineering Around Tirunelveli District– A Case Study, Rama Subramanian, K Vinitha, A Thirumagal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Digital library is grown in multifaceted size due to high progress in the use of internet technology. In the modern digital era, information is transmitted in rapid form. In the academic life of post graduate engineering students, Digital Library plays a vital role in their academic education and promoting themselves in the various areas such as learning, teaching, research and placement. There are various kind of digital users in the digital age. In the digital era, it is very essential to measure analyse the user satisfaction of services rendered by digital library. In this study, questionnaire is structured and issued …

Engineering Majors Serve Tech Needs Of Missions Organizations, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

For many students, spring break is a time of rest and relaxation from their studies, but for a group of Cedarville engineering students, the week off was spent using their engineering skills to serve Sonset Solutions, a technological missions organization in Elkhart, Indiana.

Seed Technology Research Output: A Scientometric Analysis On Scopus Database, Suresh N, Thanuskodi S Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

. The study analyses the seed technology research publications during 2008-2017 based on the Scopus database. The objective of the study was to perform a scientometric analysis of all seed technology research publication. Data for a study is total of 8576 have been downloaded and analyzed according to objectives. The study reveals that the growth of literature follows the liner growth pattern, journal articles are the most published form of literature (73.83%), International Journal Of Food Science and Technology followed by Nongye Gongcheng Xuebao Transactions Of The Chinese Society Of Agricultural Engineering are top journals, China and Chinese Academy of …

Autonomous Golf Cart Engineered By Students, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Golfers often work on their drive. But a group of Cedarville University computer engineering students is taking that focus to a whole new level.

Three Cedarville computer engineering students — Nathan Jessurun (Charles Town, West Virginia), Ryan Gordon (Beavercreek, Ohio) and Michael Hayes (Redmond, Washington) — are teaming up with Alex Cline (Cedarville, Ohio), an electrical engineering student, to design and build an autonomous golf cart. The students will test drive the golf cart in April.

Soaring Scores: Engineering Team Finishes Third In The Nation, Mark D. Weinstein

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The Cedarville University Aero Design team took to the skies in Fort Worth, Texas, and placed third in the nation and seventh internationally in the 2019 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Aero Design East competition. The event was held March 8-10, 2019.

Sting Like A Yellow Jacket: Engineering Team Competing In Eco-Marathon, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

Ready, set, sting! Cedarville University engineering students are preparing their energy-efficient vehicle, Sting, for the international Shell Eco-marathon Americas competition held at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma County, California. The competition, which includes high schools and universities from North and South America, takes place April 3-6.

Mars Is The Limit For Engineering Design Team, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

A senior engineering design team will design, build and fly a remote control (RC) airplane capable of transporting supplies to “colonists” in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International Aero Design East Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. The event takes place March 8-10, 2019.

Use Pattern Of Digital Library In Educating Engineering Graduates Around Tirunelveli District– A Case Study, Rama Subramanian, K Vinitha, A Thirumagal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to information explosion, textual information is scattered in the various electronic format. In the rapid digital era, users can access any type of information from any place at any time. To provide such a integrated environment to access information, Digital library plays a vital role in disseminating digital information simultaneously in a single place to large number of user society. In the digital era, it is very essential to measure the use pattern of Digital Library among engineering graduates which help them to overcome their academic challenges. In this study, questionnaire is structured and issued to 150 Post Graduates …

Ohio Engineering Students Create Custom Prosthetic Liners, Mark D. Weinstein

News Releases

It’s a problem most of us can relate to — clothing material that scratches our skin or causes uncomfortable chafing. That kind of problem is easily solved by changing clothes. But for an amputee wearing what amounts to a sock over their residual limb, such a dilemma can be painful and demoralizing.

Stem On A Budget: A Basic Guide For Teaching Stem In Ops Afterschool Programs, Tyrome Williams

Criss Library Faculty Publications

This guide was written with the goal of providing a rough lesson plan, which could act as a supplemental guide for sustainable activities at sites in the Omaha area to better serve their students and children. The STEM lessons I chose in this book are engaging, hold education value, and are cost effective if used properly. This book contains valuable information to supplement STEM learning. Whether you’re a teacher, instructor, supervisor for children, or a substitute; you will always be the most valuable asset in your classroom. This is a free use document and should not be sold for any …

Investigation Of Engineering Properties Of Normal And High Strength Fly Ash Based Geopolymer And Alkali-Activated Slag Concrete Compared To Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete, Nabeel Farhan, M Neaz Sheikh, Muhammad N. S Hadi

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B

Fly ash-based geopolymer (FAGP) and alkali-activated slag (AAS) concrete are produced by mixing alkaline solutions with aluminosilicate materials. As the FAGP and AAS concrete are free of Portland cement, they have a low carbon footprint and consume low energy during the production process. This paper compares the engineering properties of normal strength and high strength FAGP and AAS concrete with OPC concrete. The engineering properties considered in this study included workability, dry density, ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV), compressive strength, indirect tensile strength, flexural strength, direct tensile strength, and stress-strain behaviour in compression and direct tension. Microstructural observations using scanning electronic …

Engineers, Their Information Needs And Information Sources Used: A Nigerian Perspective, Oluremi Adenike Abiolu Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explored the information needs and sources used by engineers in Nigeria with a questionnaire randomly administered to 120 respondents using a survey research approach. The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics. There were more male (89.7%) than female engineers, the higher greater percentage (45.2%) being between 41 and 50 years, and many (40.5%) had PhD degrees, with most being senior lecturers. The main areas of specialisation were materials and metallurgy, electrical and electronic engineering and agricultural engineering. Their primary areas of information needs were research (79.8%), current developments (61.9%) and new designs (47.6%). The most popular information …

Standards Collections: Considerations For The Future, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Technical standards are a form of gray literature that describe consensus for a wide variety of applications. They promote safety, quality, and interchangeability of parts. In academic libraries, standards have largely been associated with engineering collections, despite having connections to many disciplines. Engineering and technology accreditation bodies and employers continue to expect graduates to have knowledge and experience with standards upon graduation. This article provides a brief history of standards collection development in academic libraries, discusses the challenges of standards collections, shares a case study of standards information literacy curricula integration, and offers considerations for the future of standards collections.

The Value Of Standards For Teaching, Research, And Facilities Use At Princeton And Purdue, Anya C. Bartelmann, Margaret Phillips

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

This PowerPoint presentation was delivered as part of the 2019 ASME Library Advisory Board Annual Meeting.

Natural Resources Governance Employing Blockchain-Based Decision-Making, Farinaz Sabz Ali Pour, Adrian Gheorghe

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Natural resources are essential structures of socio-economic systems which shape the well-being of humanity, environment, and the economy. Human actions have become the critical responsibility for environmental changes and pressuring many planetary boundaries. Having a systematic approach can provide a governance platform including the inherent characteristics of the resource, the historically established form of use, and transaction costs. A natural resource governance framework is developed by applying Blockchain technology as the primary goal of this study to regulate and manage the extraction and trades. Blockchain technology provides a distributed concurrency monitoring system for sustainable resource management. Persistent and pervasive cooperation …