How do we know whether we're teaching what we should be teaching and teaching it the way it should be taught?  The second half of this questions is something that all of ask ourselves on a regular basis as we…

How do we know whether we’re teaching what we should be teaching and teaching it the way it should be taught? The second half of this question is something that all of ask ourselves on a regular basis as we…

Dear Members:   First, Iʼd like to say what a pleasure it is to be serving at the new Editor of the Engineering Design Graphics Journal. It was the first professional journal that I subscribed to when I came to…

The leaves in the Midwest are shifting their colors to crimson red, orange, and goldenrod. As I take a deep breath, I notice that the West Lafayette air now has a special crispness about it. Yes, it is getting chilly…

The pint is, as educators, we have to deal with many issues related to reaching beyond the core knowledge of our discipline.   After reading an article in Prism not long ago, I started thinking about the changes we have…

O mergulho recreativo marinho é um dos serviços mais rentáveis dentre os explorados na zona costeira do município do Rio de Janeiro. O estudo caracterizou e avaliou a percepção ambiental de mergulhadores recreativos e os possíveis impactos negativos que essa prática pode causar na zona costeira do…

The field of improvisation is composed of a multiplicity of topics leading to a vast array of management literature. However, the research does not provide a chronological picture of the topics it addresses, making it difficult to develop an overview…

According to the characteristics of heterogeneous networks and user demand for seamlessly connection, the necessity of handoff to WLAN was researched.  First of all, in order to reduce the influence of shadow fading on received signal strength (RSS), a smoothing…