Standard four-year full-time engineering degrees commonly take eight years when studied part-time by distance education and this can distort apparent retention and attrition rates. Recent publications indicate the national part-time annual retention rate for engineering degrees at regional universities is 62.85%. Extending this over eight years, only 2.4% of part time students who enter the pro...

Animals adapt their way of moving as their locomotion speed changes. Strong correlations between velocity, kinematic, and kinetic parameters have been demonstrated in many studies of equine locomotion [1], [2]. In our work, we are seeking to understand what is driving these changes. In particular, we are investigating simplistic models that could potentially explain these adaptations in a funda...

Motion exists in four dimensions, since it is defined in both a threedimensional space and in a time. Consequently, to describe motion one needs to capture time, which has been accomplished in timebased media, like film and animation. We present an innovative approach that enables modeling a static three-dimensional representation of time and motion. We named it Futuristic Modeling, to honor th...

Experimental paradigms are particular experiments that can be modified along a variety of dimensions to answer questions different than the original inquiry but which have similar content or structure. For example, the original looking-time study is an experimental paradigm that has shaped developmental psychology. Thomas Kuhn proposed that, under normal conditions, experimentation by modificat...

We present the design of a professional master’s program in Computational Linguistics. This program can be completed in one-year of full-time study, or two-three years of part-time study. Originally designed for CS professionals looking for additional training, the program has evolved in flexibility to accommodate students from more diverse backgrounds and with more diverse goals.

We propose that the capacity for infants to form mental representations of hidden or occluded objects can be decomposed into two tasks: one process that identifies salient objects, and a second complementary process that identifies salient locations. This approach is inspired by the distinction between dorsal and ventral extrastriate visual processing in the primate visual system. We illustrate...

This paper deals with the improvement of productivity of a multi product manufacturing industry. The authors identified the obstacles which make the improvement in the productivity of a Manufacturing Industry as infeasible. The authors instructed some suggestions with IE tools and techniques for removing those obstacles. Keywords— Productivity, Batch production, Work sampling, Time study, Cause...

‘‘Time’’, Berlioz wrote, ‘‘is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.’’ Not only has time taught a great many (and killed all), but it has also spawned many great teachers of time—and of space. In fact, thinking about space and time has driven important parts of philosophy since antiquity and continues to be at the forefront of advances in fundamental physics. This has natur...

There is a keen demand for a method of sharing better work practices in a factory because better work practices are the key to improving productivity. We have developed a system that can measure a worker's motion and automatically generate a manual that describes his movements. This system employs motion study as used in Industrial Engineering to identify the important steps in a job, and it ha...