This paper describes the assessment process designed and implemented for an undergraduate program in information technology (IT) with specific emphasis on course-level assessment and discusses how the course-level assessment data can be used in the ABET CAC accreditation process. Several examples of course-level assessment data collected at Georgia Southern University are provided. The authors ...

Reducing speed limits often leads to a decrease in the injury and fatality accident counts. This depends on the type of accident, on speed limits, on compliance and on traffic conditions, before and after implementation of the speed limit. In France, the speed limit is 130 km/h and 110 km/h on interurban and urban motorways respectively. The safety assessment of a speed limit reducing operation...

Taste is a large part of our everyday lives and is commonly taken for granted. Damage or dysfunction to the taste system, such as damage to structures or dysfunction in the taste pathway could be detrimental to people’s quality of life and nutritional intake. This literature review looks into the etiology, assessment process, and treatment of each category of taste dysfunctions: Hypogeusia, Age...

Risk assessment of chemicals requires assessment of the exposure levels of workers. In the absence of adequate specific measured data, models are often used to estimate exposure levels. For dermal exposure only a few models exist, which are not validated externally. In the scope of a large European research programme, an analysis of potential dermal exposure determinants was made based on the a...

Since 1981, the Army's HHA Program has provided an invaluable service to combat developers and materiel program managers by providing recommendations designed to eliminate or control health hazards associated with materiel and weapon systems. The program has consistently strived to improve its services by providing more meaningful and efficient assistance to the acquisition community. In the un...

PURPOSE To identify deficit types and predictors of poor academic outcomes among students, residents, fellows, and physicians referred to the University of Colorado School of Medicine's remediation program. METHOD During 2006-2012, 151 learners were referred. After a standardized assessment process, program faculty developed individualized learning plans that incorporated deliberate practice,...

In this study we present our developed formative assessment tool for students' assignments. The tool enables lecturers to define assignments for the course and assign each problem in each assignment a list of criteria and weights by which the students' work is evaluated. During assessment, the lecturers feed the scores for each criterion with justifications. When the scores of the current assig...

Nanotechnology is a broad term that encompasses materials, structures, or processes that utilize engineered nanomaterials, which can be defined as materials intentionally designed to have one or more dimensions between 1 and 100 nm. Historically, risk characterization has been viewed as the final phase of a risk assessment process that integrates hazard identification, dose-response assessment,...

The degree of disease risk represented by the introduction, spread, or establishment of one or several diseases through the importation of animals and animal products is assessed by importing countries through an analysis of risk. The components of a risk analysis include hazard identification, risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. A risk assessment starts with identificatio...

1 Jack McGourty and Peter Dominick, Columbia University, School of Engineering, New York, NY, 10018, [email protected], [email protected] 2 Mary Besterfield-Sacre, Larry Shuman, & Harvey Wolfe University of Pittsburgh, Engineering School, Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Abstract  This paper examines the use of multisource ass...