Richard Sheryll

This paper presents a case study of how an innovative educational engineering project can be deve... more This paper presents a case study of how an innovative educational engineering project can be developed for multiple skill levels, from middle sc hool to undergraduate. Engineers and educators at Stevens Institute of Technology have collaborated to develo p innovative classroom projects that teach a variety of science and engineering principles through the desi gn, construction and testing of underwater

Inventory control system

The goal of the analysis which follows is to convert a manual Inventory Control Subsystem into a ... more

A simple ROV project for the engineering classroom

OCEANS 2006, 2006

Underwater robotics projects offer an excellent medium for discovery based engineering and scienc... more Underwater robotics projects offer an excellent medium for discovery based engineering and science learning. The challenge of building underwater robotic vehicles and manipulators engages and stimulates students while encompassing a very broad spectrum of engineering disciplines and scientific concepts. This paper describes the successful design and implementation of student projects, building wire guided remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) with motorized grabbers. This work is part of an ongoing effort to incorporate innovative, hands on projects into our freshman engineering curriculum. These projects help expose students to practical design issues in the freshman year, foster creative problem solving skills and may aid student retention on engineering programs. These projects have also been successfully piloted in pre-college programs, aimed at generating interest in engineering careers among high school students.

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Braitenbergian experiments with simple aquatic robots

Oceans 2007, 2007

This paper describes the development of a short introductory underwater robotics course, aimed at... more This paper describes the development of a short introductory underwater robotics course, aimed at college freshman and high school and middle school students. During these courses, students work in teams to build and program underwater robots using a combination of LEGO and other simple materials. As an introduction to ideas of artificial intelligence and robot programming, students undertook a practical exploration of the concepts developed by cybernetician Valentino Braitenberg in his famous book "Vehicles: Experiments in Synthetic Psychology". Over five laboratory sessions, students gradually evolved their own designs for waterborne "robotic amoebas" through a series of progressively more complex design challenges. These courses build on our previously reported work in which students have built underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles using similar materials and educational strategies. This work is now being adapted for dissemination to large numbers of middle and high schools across New Jersey through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Identification of Dyeing Mordants and Related Substances on Textile Fibers: A Preliminary Study Using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry

Studies in Conservation, 1985

... of Cotton 2 were heated with mor-dants in 100ml demineralized water for one hour at 90?C. Cot... more

The Detection of Mordants by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry: Part I. Dyed Woolen Textile Fibers

Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 1985

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The Detection of Metallic Mordants by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry: Part II. Historical Silk Textiles

Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 1985

... 2 Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles, 1974, Proceedings Archaeological Textiles. Ed. .... more

… for Vertically Integrated Curriculum Innovationhow Curricula Were Developed for Undergraduate, Middle and High School Students Using Underwater Robotics

… of Engineering …, 2007

... or 875 students in each of three years via a substantial, three-week in-class interdisciplina... more ... or 875 students in each of three years via a substantial, three-week in-class interdisciplinary project. ... to absorb and assimilate a significant amount of new material, a scaffolding approach will be ... materials at a variety of different skill levels mean that this is an interesting example ...