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This website, provided by the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) center, features information on the 2023 MATE ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) competition and its results. For the 2023 competition, participants of each competition class were challenged to design and build ROVs to complete...

This webpage from the Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE) provides information about the center's ROV competition. The competitions "connect students and educators with employers and working professionals from marine industries, highlight marine-related career opportunities, and...

This is a course description for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 6.042J, Mathematics for Computer Science.  This is an introductory course in discrete mathematics oriented toward students interested in computer science and engineering. The course divides roughly into thirds:...

This video, from the Integrated Geospatial Education and Technology Training Project (iGETT), introduces Maximum Likelihood Classification (MLC) and its use in GIS data. The presentation covers multiband imagery, Landsat 7 spectral bands, land class signatures and training samples, and a priori...

This lesson is adapted from PSU's GREATT lesson, Solar Power: The History, Chemistry, and Application of Photovoltaics. In this Maximum Power Point lesson, "students will investigate how to optimize the power output of a photovoltaic cell using a home-made gnomon stand. Data collected from students'...

This presentation and accompanying paper by Nathan Kuncel was given to the Workshop on Assessment of 21st Century Skills, held in January 2011. Kuncel discusses definitions and examples of critical thinking skills and these questions: 1) What are 21st century cognitive skills? To what extent do they...

This 11-page resource, made available by the STEM Guitar Project, is an activity on the measurement of guitar string action. During the activity students will "learn to use precision measurement tools (string action gauges or steel rules) to determine the amount of string action on their guitar."...

This article from authors Louise Yarnall, Larry Gallagher and Geneva Haertel examines the idea of how a college education can improve individuals' capacity to grasp the "big ideas" of different disciplines. The authors introduce the concept of an "evidence-centered assessment design" or ECD. This...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 2.875, Mechanical Assembly and Its Role in Product Development.  It is designed to serve as an introductory course for students interested in mechanical, manufacturing, and industrial engineering. Topics covered...

This article, from the Sensors Online website, discusses MEMS accelerometers potential as high-quality acoustic pickups for musical instruments. The article includes the following sections: MEMS Accelerometer Technology, Accelerometers as Vibration Measurement Sensors, Acoustic Feedback, Acoustic...