Re-Establishment of the Nuclear Engineering Program at Virginia Tech

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene F. Brown ◽  
Alireza Haghighat ◽  
Mark Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Virginia Tech ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Nuclear Engineering ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
Credit Hours ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Master’S Degree

One of the first nuclear engineering programs in the United States was established at Virginia Tech in the mid-1950’s and continued until the mid-1980’s when it was abandoned due to a drop both in student interest and government support. In 2006, as a result of interest shown by the nuclear industry in Virginia, discussions were undertaken that led to the approval to offer Master’s and Doctorate Degrees in nuclear engineering in 2013. In parallel with these efforts, we began teaching undergraduate courses in anticipation of offering a minor in nuclear engineering to all Virginia Tech engineering and science students. Currently we have 140 undergraduate students taking nuclear engineering classes, nuclear engineering undergraduate research hours, and participating in nuclear-engineering-related senior design activities. Our program has been conceived and designed with the objective of providing the nuclear engineering workforce required to address the most important nuclear-related issues of our time including: enhancing the safe and productive use of nuclear energy; contributing to the development of advanced technologies for national and international nuclear security and safeguards; developing advanced medical devices for nuclear diagnostics and therapy; and the establishment of effective policies for the utilization of nuclear energy and its regulation. The Master’s degree program involves 7 courses and the equivalent of two semesters of thesis research for a total of 30 credit hours. The PhD program, which builds on the Master’s degree program, requires 5 additional courses, and the equivalent of 4 semesters of dissertation research for a total of 60 credit hours beyond the Master’s degree. The curriculum is supported by a rigorous, benchmarked assessment and evaluation process to assure that the goals of the program are attained. Currently five faculty members support the nuclear engineering program, and typical total enrollment in our graduate programs runs between 35 and 50 students. When we reach full strength, with the addition of two more nuclear engineering faculty members, we expect to be graduating 12 Master’s students and 7 PhD students per year.

First Person: The best-laid plans of mice and men

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-44
Author(s):  
Gerald L. Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
First Person ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
Vocabulary Skills ◽  
Of Mice And Men ◽  
Master’S Degree

When Gerald Fowler began teaching 1st grade, he was sure the knowledge he’d gained from his master’s degree program had prepared him to create a classroom where students would be immersed in literacy learning from Day 1. From his studies, he’d come across the idea of introducing mice to the classroom to get students talking and building vocabulary skills. He opted instead for gerbils. One student’s surprising reaction to the gerbils taught Fowler about the complexities of language learning and the importance of experiences in increasing a child’s vocabulary.

scholarly journals Designing a Master's program in speech therapy education in the context of interaction with stakeholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 155-171
Author(s):  
Pavel A. Kislyakov ◽  
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Elena A. Shmeleva ◽  
Vasily N. Feofanov ◽  
Yekaterina I. Dubrovinskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Speech Therapists

Introduction. The relevance of the study is due to the need to match the requirements of stakeholders to the level of preparedness of a graduate of a master's degree. The purpose of the research. The research is aimed at the development and scientific substantiation of the master's degree program in the field of speech therapy support for persons with communication disorders of various categories in terms of interaction with stakeholders. Methodology and research methods. The Master's program is based on the principles and provisions of practice-oriented and competence-based approaches that ensure the formation of students ' professional competencies and practical skills in solving real professional problems, both in practical classes and during industrial practice on the basis of stakeholders. The research used methods of design, content analysis, questionnaires, mathematical statistics (descriptive statistics, factor analysis). The results. The mechanism of designing the master's degree program is based on the inclusion of stakeholders in the process of forming professional competencies of graduates, the development of its structure, content and areas of implementation (educational process, scientific work, practice, final qualification work, career guidance). The conducted research with the participation of stakeholders (56 people: speech therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists, rehabilitologists, managers) allowed us to determine the four-factor structure of knowledge, skills and labor actions (professional competencies) necessary for a speech therapist when working with people with communication disorders of various categories: ability to plan and implement the content of correctional and developmental classes (percentage of dispersion – 29.4); the ability to design an adapted basic general education program and a special individual development program (percentage of dispersion – 24.5); the ability to implement speech therapy support in the rehabilitation work system (percentage of dispersion – 18.9); the ability to plan and conduct applied scientific research in education, including the diagnosis of persons with communication disorders of various categories (percentage of dispersion – 7.8). Practical significance. The results obtained can be used by the heads of universities focused on the development of interaction with stakeholders, can help to encourage the introduction of practices and strategies that take into account the influence of stakeholders in the development of management decisions and the organization of effective training of teachers in the master's program. They may be of interest to speech therapists-practitioners, scientific supervisors of master's programs.

scholarly journals The Press as a Resource for Promoting Sustainability Competencies in Teacher Training: The Case of SDG 7

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 857
Author(s):  
Raquel Chuliá-Jordán ◽  
Amparo Vilches Peña ◽  
María Calero Llinares
Keyword(s):  
Science Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
The Press ◽  
Master’S Degree

Given the seriousness of the socio-environmental situation we are facing, this study aims to contribute to the involvement of teachers in education for sustainability through the use of non-formal education, particularly the press. The main objectives of the present study are to analyse the use of the press in science education, as well as the design, implementation and evaluation of tools aimed at teachers and trainee researchers in order to encourage and promote attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and more specifically SDG 7 (clean and affordable energy for all) in science education. The proposals are carried out using a constructivist methodology in sessions structured in small collaborative groups. The initial results show that attention to the press is still insufficient, but that, nevertheless, the strategies designed contribute to raising awareness of the importance of SDG 7 and to the classroom treatment of the energy issue among the participants in the study who attend a Master’s degree program in secondary education teacher training (specialising in physics and chemistry) and a Master’s degree program in research in specific didactics (specialising in experimental sciences).

scholarly journals Curriculum Development: A Master's Degree Program in Anti- Fraud and Forensic Accounting

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 41-100
Author(s):  
Zahra Dianati Deilami ◽  
Asghar Soltani ◽  
Hmaed Omrani ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
Forensic Accounting ◽  
Master’S Degree

Den Tod studieren. Moraltheologe Rupert M. Scheule über den Master „Perimortale Wissenschaften“

2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 548-552
Author(s):  
Rupert M. Scheule ◽  
Petra Hemmelmann
Keyword(s):  
Master's Degree ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Degree Program ◽  
Master's Degree Program ◽  
Winter Semester ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
Course Of Study

They are an integral part of life, yet many people avoid the topics of dying, death and mourning. All the more remarkable, then, that the University of Regensburg has been offering a master's degree program since the 2020/21 winter semester that explicitly addresses these existential areas. The course of study "Perimortal Sciences: dying, death and mourning interdisciplinary" is unique in Germany. It is led by Rupert M. Scheule, Professor of Moral Theology, who also helped develop the concept. He related to Petra Hemmelmann, editor of Communicatio Socialis, who decides for this unusual course of study, their reasons for doing so and what the students learn and discuss there.

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