Event ID: 1264016
Event Started: 2/17/2009 6:53:38 PM ET
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This is Steve doing another audio test. One, two, three. I'm not sure
what's going on with Jeff's PC but your mic was locked don't. I
couldn't unlook it from here. You can hear me but I have a feeling
there may be something wrong with Jeff's PC. Let me turn it over to him
and see if it's working. No. We're not getting any audio out of the
microphone on Jeff's PC. Not sure if there's somebody technical that
can take a look at it, but it's not working. Okay. I'll tell you what
to do. If you'd like, click on the file menu and click on microphone
settings. Make sure that -- I'm assuming you are using a windows XP
system. Make sure that the external mic is in fact selected. If there
is an advanced button there, I would click on it and make sure the mic
boost is okay. Then give it another shot. There's still no audio. Might
you have another headset that you can try? Or can you maybe try another
PC? Right. I know you can hear me, but I think there's something going
on with one of the PCs at Wright state. Go ahead Jeff. Yeah. There's
still no audio. What I can do is take a look remotely, I can connect to
your PC. Would you like me to do that Kathrine?
Okay. Stand
by and I'm going to have you do something. Keith, we have not enabled
the audio for the participants so your microphone will not work. I
asked that everybody stand by for just a second. Kathrine, I'm going to
send you a page. Excuse me. I would like, once that page scrolls,
scroll down the page to useful utilities. The user should not be doing
this. You might mess up your systems. Click on ideal team viewer, okay?
No carol we're not supposed to be able to hear you using your
microphones. The way to communicate this evening is to use text chat.
Kathrine if you can call me by phone, I'll -- okay. Right. I did
because Meg in an earlier message said that we're not supposed to
enable those mics. I'll just let you take care of it, however you want
to do it is fine. Kathrine if you call me on the phone, I can walk you
through a remote connection. The only reason I muted the users is
because I believe I read a message from Meg that all the users should
be participating [ Inaudible ] [ Lost audio. ] Test. Steve. Are you
able to hear me now? We're trying this out. Okay Brandon, I had a call
from one of the participants. I did not hear what you said? I did not
hear what you said. Paren Dan F your PC works maybe you should use
that. But I'm still waiting for a call from either you or Kathrine to
try to get your PC up and running or get the mic working.
Okay. Steve this. Is Jeff. How are you hearing me -- okay Steve. This is Jeff. How are you hearing me now?
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Wright state universe.s starting right. Getting ready
for college in careers in science, mathematics. This program made
possible by the Johnson scholarship foundation. Your future, have you
thought about it. I mean seriously thought about it? Believe it or not,
now is the time to start making decisions whereabout you want to be and
how you're going to get there. Starting bright is a series of programs
designed to raise the awareness of students with disabilities in
technology and science based careers. Providing the steps to make that
goal. What personal and social skills do you need to attend college and
achieve career success. Clueses should you be taking to prepare
yourself for college? How do you overcome stereo types and other
obstacles that are in your way. Remember if you have questions or
comments that you'd like to share with us, starting Wright is an
interactive webcast. Feel free to be part of the discussion. The demand
for science and technology. Based careers is continue rapidly. If you
want to be part of that future now is the time to get started right.
Here is the host wright State university of disability services Mr.
Jeff Vernooy.
Good evening everybody. This is Jeff Vernooy
director of the office of disability services at wright state
university. We are begunking our third season of starting Wright. We've
instituted a number of things tonight and as in aniuation with
technology -- any situation, not is not always better. So consequently
we've been having a few gremlins here in the office of disability
services and we're in the process of kind of straightening those things
out.
We're having trouble advancing the slides right at this
second. For those who are sitting on the side with us, we're in a
situation right now where we can't seem to advance the slides on the
PC. We're health care on the first slide and we're a-- hung on the
first slide. We're attempting to figure that out. We'll move on in just
a second.
Okay. So I think we're back in order for tonight.
Sorry about that delay. This is just one more reason why we need to
fill the pipeline of interested and motivated students to help give us
some answers to some of these problems that occur maybe before this
series ends we might have somebody that can figure out our control room
and get that taken care of as well. This third series we're going to be
doing with the starting Wright program has a lot to do with looking at
specific career fields within the STEMM environment. For new folks that
are here for the programs for the first time, the definition of STEMM
means science, technology E engineering and math. Sometimes we include
-- talk about some of the engineering careers that are here. We're
going have one of our new features which are Kathrine's tech tips that
help students develop or learn about pieces of technology that will
help them and support them in their educational process. We're also
going to meet an engineer up close. We're going have an opportunity to
interview him and have more hints from Hannah great minds and STEMM.
Those types of things. Without further adieu we're going to start with
our program about engineering.
Engineering. So what is it?
Engineering is the practical use of science and math to create enhanced
technology that help us meet the challenges of our daily lives.
So what engineers do?
Engineers in a nutshell are problem solvers. They create things for
efficiently and less expensively. They are many -- where you can design
and develop marvelous machine for space flying or something as simple
as a better golf ball used by the game's officials. Work closely with
biologists to develop sophisticated instruments that include the health
an lives of hundreds of thousands. Environmental engineering. This is
the engineering field for you. Environmental engineers assist in
developing better water distribution systems for cycling, improved
sewage treatment facilities.
Mechanical engineering. Use
mechanics and energy principles to design many of the machines that we
use every day. We'll use in the future. From the high powered
automobiles we drive to highly sophisticated robotics.
Electrical engineering. This is the largest number of engineers the use
of electricity. Engineers who work in huge power plants to those who
design the high tech light and sound connections to the -- do you think
you have what it takes to be an engineer? Want to learn more? Keep
listening because there's much more to come on this edition of starting
Wright.
Okay. As I've said before, our next feature is Kathrine's tech tips.
This is an opportunity for you to learn a little bit about various
pieces of adaptive technology that will assist you in completing not
only your [ Inaudible ] Academic work but also could be something that
would -- [ Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and unclear]
Wow auto bot 9000 robot. Make our live as little easier. To the power supply and [ Portion of audio being played. ]
Make sure to make the technology that best suits your needs. Our
resident technology guru Kathrine Meyers that may be just right for
you. It's time for Kathrine's tech tips.
Want to become an engineer? Whether you do or not when I think of
engineering the thing that comes to mind is all that math. How in the
world do you handle it. Today's tech tips are ways you can use your
computer to handle all that math. The first thing we're going to talk
about is the calculator that's included with the of Raying system on
your computer. How you access that calculator is go to accessories and
click on calculator. The first calculator is a basic function
calculator where you have to click on the numbers, click on the
function and let it do the rest. Most people don't realize that
included in the operating system is also a scientific calculator. All
you have to do to get to the scientific calculator, go to calculator
and go to view and click on scientific. You have several choices under
scientific that will help you do any kind of higher level math. Again,
you just click on your numbers, your function and the calculator will
do the rest for you. If you have troubles lighting up your math
problems, using a math word processing program will make a difference.
The one we're using is scientific notebook. For basic math, all you
have to do is put in the number, hit the enter key and it will line up
everything for you. In this particular example, we have 5 plus 4 equals
9. Everything is lined up. You don't have to worry about your steps.
It's all there for you. If you are talking higher level math like
algebra you can use the same math program accept add more toolbars to
it and solve your algebra problems. Those lining them up will be an
real issue on keeping your steps straight, make sure you have
everything included. You press the enter key after each step and make
sure you've not missed anything. You can find scientific notebook on
the internet. I've included their web address on this final slide.
That's it for today's tech tips. We'll see you next week. Bye.
This is up front and close and [ Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and unclear]
Okay. This is our next area of information and it's about the stem
programs and we're about to do up front and up close. Tonight we have
Mr. Wayne Martin who is a retired engineer and we're going get Wayne on
the phone right now and begin to talk with him.
This is up
front and up close in STEMM. Presented by the starting Wright
webcasting company. This week careers in engineering. Now here is
tonight's conversation your host for up front and up close Mr. Jeff
Vernooy.
[ Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and unclear]
I appreciate you asking me to. [ Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and unclear] [ Unable to hear audio of Jeff. ]
Sure. My job title was engineering research psychologist and this at
the time was the aerospace medical research laboratory at patter son
air force base. My assignment was September of 1967. Early in my career
as an engineer and research psychologist, [ Indiscernible:
Speaker/Audio faint and unclear] any typical day I might do any of the
following. Designing an experiment, trying to find subjects to run
whether they be military or civilian personnel. Actually running the
subjects in an experiment. Perhaps doing the data reduction. Doing any
required transformations that had to be done on the data. Doing the
statistical analysis on those data. Then of course writing up the
results for a final report. Then editing medical report for publication
and submitting it for publication either as a laboratory technical
report, which is in-house, [ Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and
unclear] documents or publication in the open professional literature,
such as in a professional journal or other technical publications.
[ Inaudible ]
Assigned personally developed areas of research. Helping them do all
the things I had done earlier in my career. Toward the end of my career
in a higher management, the technical transfer office for the
laboratory. Responsible for technology transfer between the research
and development levels within our laboratory and other laboratories
that were doing similar -- performing similar efforts as we were within
the air force and also within the army and Navy. They having similar
activities as we had. [ Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and unclear]
technology transfer from our laboratory to the engineering development
community. Namely the aircraft industry and all the supporting
technology areas. Also, I was responsible for documentation for
congressional review of all research programs in the directory rat that
I was in. This includes identifying the objectives, the approach,
progress and funding, expenditures for each program within the per view
of the directorate.
[ Inaudible ] [ Unable to hear Jeff's audio.
Well, primarily at the high school level, of course all the math and
chemistry and physics that was offered. At that time, everybody -- if
they wanted to persue the math area, geometry, trigonometry and algebra
was the limit. There was no calculus or precall collusion at least in
the high school I went to. Certainly, I took Latin and that helped
understand the English language a little more than I might have
otherwise. Engineers are famous for having very poor [ Indiscernible:
Speaker/Audio faint and unclear] so certainly understanding our
language and being able to use it productively is a tremendous bonus to
any preus in engineering.
[ Inaudible ]
My areas
especially of education were visual and auditory perception, human
information processing, decision-making, artificial intelligence in
expert systems as they relate to the design of information that the
pilot sees in the cockpit. As well as systems design for
maintainabilities. I had early experience in the air National Guard as
an instrument repairman and worked on in the early days B51 and F86,
102s. Had lots of interaction with those systems and saw what the early
rendition of advanced technology by way of [ Indiscernible:
Speaker/Audio faint and unclear] electronics, what effect that really
had on the maintainability of the systems as well as the operability of
them by the pilots.
[ Unable to hear audio by Jeff. ]
If you were going to give some advice to students who were looking at
the field of engineering, what kind of things would you offer to them?
Certainly, going to the library, read professional journals in your
area of interest. In my area it was certainly in the human factors
journal. The journal of perception and facics. Then of source citations
in those journals will lead you to others. You can follow your own
particular areas of interest. You might try to contact laboratory
personnel in the aerowhy of your interest, share your special interests
with them. If possible at the college level or the high school level,
if you are able to find them, any sort of work study program or co-op
program in your area of interest would certainly help you out
immensely. Might also be a really handy avenue to your first employers.
My best advice is persue your passion if you don't have one, find one.
If you have interested in human factors and human engineering, look at
new technology. Imagine what human factors research might have had to
be done in order for that device to be a winner in the marketplace. I
always enjoy trying to identify devices that have failed in the
marketplace due to inadequate consideration of the users. The most
recent catastrophe that we all witnessed right now is that when FCC
considered changing all of the video transmission from analog to
digital, they assumed that everyone had a 30-foot antenna on the top of
the TV tower -- on top of the roof when indeed there are many, many
people who receive their TV signal on rabbit ears. Since there are
still many people who do use rabbit ears, the digital-signal that they
receive is not strong enough for satisfactory reception with the
digital conversion boxes that have been offered to them. So rather than
having a data -- 17 February for the date for implementation of the
digital video, we will now see that date pushed back to some time next
summer while FCC considered their system designs.
[
Indiscernible: Speaker/Audio faint and unclear] talk with us tonight.
We really appreciate you spending some time with us. Unfortunately
we're out of time and we'll be talking with you again some time in the
future. Thank you.
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Starting Wright
presents great minds in STEMM. The sound you're listening to is that of
ahydrofoil a water craft that's slightly above the water. Thus
increasing the speed across the water. Inventor Alexander Graham Bell
was instrumental in the hydrofoil technology which would letter lead to
the hydro plane would land on water. Belle is best known for pat ening
the way we communicate. The telephone. Think about how different live
would be if there was no such thing as the telephone. Experimentation
of developing the phone stemmed from his design sire to help with the
hearing loss. What motivates your creativity? How do you go about
solving it? Concentrate all your thoughts on the work at hand. Another
great mind in STEMM. You're listening to starting Wright.
Ever feel like your school work is sneaking up on you? Do you get
caught off guard by test questions or forget assignment deadlines? At
all levels [ Recording playing. ] Pop quiz. Did you know some of the
basic principles in engineering can help you in other areas. This
week's helpful hints from Miss Hannah.
You get in fights in
school because -- as a child you tore apart your teddy bear, you
actually use every single function on your graphing calculator. You
bring a computer manual as vacation reading. When you were asked to
play the star of Bethlehem -- but everybody if you don't want to be a
future engineer, you can improve your performance in all academics.
Engineers use their knowledge of science mathematics and appropriate
experience to find solutions to a problem. Creating appropriate
mathematical model of a problem allows them to analyze it and to test
solutions. Usually multiple reasonable solutions exist so engineers
must evaluate the different design choices on their her its and choose
a solution that fast meeting their requirements. They use designs tests
and sim places to assure it is performed as expected. When writing
about a topic, you should always start by brainstorming what you want
to talk about. During this process I always tell my students to think
outside the box. By thinking of many varied and unusual things to
include. At this stage in essay writing you shouldn't be too worried
about what will or will not work. You want to get your possible ideas
onto paper. You evaluate what you have dolted down and how the applied
to the topic. Sometimes I tell visual learners to write individual
pieces of information on note cards so they can design the essay and
move to where it works best. After this you start writing your drafts.
These drafts should be tested out on a variety of people. Have others
read and evaluate your work. Don't be afraid to accept constructive
criticism. Make sure you don't turn something in that you have not had
time to reread at least ten hours after you wrote it. Often in a hurry
we tend to make obvious mistakes. That you can be proud of to engineer
an essay. Later.
Well, that was Miss Hannah. That's been a nice addition to our program
to talk about some of the things that you can do as a student to
improve the quality of your work to prepare you to move into the next
area that you are going to go into after Junior high or high school so
that you are ready for those kinds of things. We spend a lot of time on
working on the developing a program for you that gives you information
and other things that will be useful and helpful to you, but we also
try each week to bring you a list of resources. Things that you can do
or things that you could look at to be able to expand your knowledge.
We're really here to provide you with the first steps. The things to
begin to think about. The ideas that might get you interested in
pursuing things further. The resources are designed to provide you with
that other area additional information, area that will lead you down
your own personal trail as you begin to persue the ideas and
information about a career that's really one that's for you. One that
you'll be interested in. So I would encourage people to come back to
the ash kiers as they need to to jot down these addresses and things
like that. They're a beginning that you can move onto so you can help
with those kinds of things.
That now brings us to homework.
That's always an interesting topic here on starting Wright because we
do give students the opportunity or ask them to participate in doing
some homework an then sending it to us as starting Wright.G mail.com.
This show, the information -- the homework is due on Sunday February
22nd. We have basically three assignmentses. The first is to name and
describe one engineering specialization that was not mentioned during
this webcast. The second one is to choose one of the resource links and
design what you learn -- describe to us what you learned or found from
it. Then the third one is we really would like to hear from those of
you who are tuning into this program and like to be able to answer the
individual questions that you have related to starting Wright or going
to college or other things. So send us a question that kind of stump
the team kind of program or question that might help us to look at some
other areas we should be talking about.
Send us your answers
email them to starting Wright G mail.com with your homework answers by
Sunday the 22nd, 2009. If you do that, you will receive from us a
Wright state university land yard something you can put your keys on, a
picture of your favorite friend, other kinds -- your iPod, something
along that line. Then finally, congratulations to Jacob Salzi. He was
one of our members that recruited a friend to come to tonight's program
on starting bright. For doing that Jacob is getting a Wright state
T-shirt. We continue that throughout the entire time we're on the air.
If you know other kids with disabilities that should be listening to
starting wright, if you bring them to the program, have them mention
your name, you'll get a Wright state T-shirt as well.
Next
week we have we're going to focus on biology. What do biologists do.
Biology careers. Have an up front and close meeting with a biologist
and we'll have a special interview about STEMM careers with students
with disabilities and the national science foundation with our Dean of
science and math Dr. Michele wheatly. So next week, Tuesday February
24th, at 7:00 p.m. to see this program again, you can go to the online
archive of it and a request of the copy of the program, please contact
starting Wright at G mail.com. This is Jeff Vernooy saying good
evening.
You've been listening to starting Wright getting
ready for college and careers in science ennearing and mathematics.
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incorporated. Starting wright is a production of Wright state
university.
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