A Global Experiential Design Studio for Engineering Students

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dries Verstraete ◽  
K. C. Wong ◽  
Kai Lehmkuehler ◽  
Thomas Netzel ◽  
Patrick Hendrick
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
New Graduates ◽  
Global Team ◽  
Intercultural Collaboration ◽  
Collaboration Skills

The growing trend of global, multi-company collaboration within the engineering community has led to a changed work environment where new graduates must function under constraints that include global, cultural, and business contexts as part of the new engineering “fundamentals”. The classical “engineering science” education model lacks opportunities for students to gain experience that prepares them for this new work environment. To provide learning opportunities that will enhance the global communication and intercultural collaboration skills of engineering students, a pilot project for providing some goal-directed learning space was set up as a global experiential learning design studio in aeronautical engineering. During this project, engineering teams spread across the globe are designing, building and testing innovative blended wing body UAV airframes. The lessons learned from this pilot project are intended to generate a template that can effectively be used across different disciplines of engineering. This paper describes the education initiative and the accomplished designs. It additionally reports on experiences and lessons learned to date, and steps taken to improve the learning outcomes and graduate attributes, to enhance global team collaboration skills.

scholarly journals BETS – Innovating on Co-op to Enhance Engineering Education

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Parker ◽  
Jennifer McLellan ◽  
Jeremy Steffler ◽  
Rocco Fondacaro
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Transferable Skills ◽  
Site Development ◽  
Start Ups

The Business Employment Transferable Skills (BETS) program was a pilot project established for unemployed first year Waterloo Engineering students to train them in entrepreneurial skills and provide them with experience in start-up companies. Twenty students participated in the BETS program and they were “hired” in a similar competitive manner used for regular co-op jobs. The students were from 8 different engineering programs and had completed 8 months of academic study prior to entering the program. Students initially completed 80 hours of training to build workplace skills required to succeed in an entrepreneurial work place. Employers submitted a one-page form, describing a proposed project and the BETS coordinator “matched” them with teams of two students for 3 week work placements. Each student completed a total of 4 placements over a 12 week period. A total of 29 start-ups, with limited financial resources to staff projects, in local technology incubators participated. Most were in various ICT sectors however a few other sectors were represented. Most companies had fewer than 5 employees and most personnel were non-salaried “founders”. Students worked on a range of projects including web site development, market research, data gathering and database development, mobile app development and product testing. At the end of each placement the students received an assessment of their performance by the employers. The students completed an assessment of the work placement where they identified skills developed, challenges encountered and successes achieved. BETS was well received by students and employers. Companies benefited from completion of short-term projects and developed a rapport with potential future employees. BETS students gained insight into start-ups and relevant, transferable and marketable skills and outcompeted classmates in the next co-op round. The lessons learned during the trial will be presented at the conference.

Lessons Learned From a Pilot Project on Telemedicine Advance Care Planning in an Urban Geriatric Primary Care Office

2021 ◽  
pp. 104990912110369
Author(s):  
Olivia M. Seecof ◽  
Molly Allanoff ◽  
John Liantonio ◽  
Susan Parks
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Geriatric Population ◽  
Advance Care ◽  
Primary Care Office

Purpose: There is a dearth of literature regarding the documentation of advance care planning (ACP) in the geriatric population, despite the controversial, yet well-studied need for ACP. The purpose of this pilot study was to provide an update to a prior study from our institution that outlined the need for increased documentation of advance care planning (ACP) in an urban geriatric population. Methods: Our study involved using telemedicine to conduct dedicated ACP visits and an electronic medical record (EMR) note-template specifically designed for these visits in an attempt to increase the amount of documented ACP in the EMR in this population. Results: The study did not yield significant results due to the inability to schedule enough patients for these dedicated visits. Discussion: While our study was ultimately unsuccessful, 3 crucial lessons were identified that will inform and fuel future interventions by the authors to further the study of documentation of ACP.

Initiating Collaboration among Organ Transplant Professionals through Web Portals and Mobile Applications

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Alexander ◽  
Haley Hoy ◽  
Manil Maskey ◽  
Helen Conover ◽  
John Gamble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Efficient Access ◽  
Health Related

The knowledge base for healthcare providers working in the field of organ transplantation has grown exponentially. However, the field has no centralized ‘space’ dedicated to efficient access and sharing of information.The ease of use and portability of mobile applications (apps) make them ideal for subspecialists working in complex healthcare environments. In this article, the authors review the literature related to healthcare technology; describe the development of health-related technology; present their mobile app pilot project assessing the effects of a collaborative, mobile app based on a freely available content manage framework; and report their findings. They conclude by sharing both lessons learned while completing this project and future directions.

Lessons Learned: A Pilot Project for Secondary Process Real Time Monitoring at MSDGC

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (9) ◽  
pp. 3317-3326
Author(s):  
Ting Lu ◽  
Beth Hinzman ◽  
Ryan Welsh ◽  
Andrew Sampson ◽  
Donald Linn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Secondary Process ◽  
Real Time Monitoring

Warming-Up Exercises in Support of Open Building Education

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-54
Author(s):  
Stephen Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Design Studio

Teaching students of architecture an open building way of designing in a studio setting can be fruitful. To be even more fruitful, however, “warming - up” exercises are useful, but take time to do properly and are not an easy fit in the studio setting. This paper offers some examples of both open building studio projects and “warming-up” exercises given in the studio setting. It also offers comments on lessons learned over the years in teaching in such a way in architectural studios and argues for the development of courses specifically focused on “warming-up” design exercises, not only in support of open building but more generally. These may be most helpful if offered outside but supportive of the design studio. But such opportunities are rare, because “design skill” courses do not exist in architectural curricula.

Lessons in Implementing a Learning System in a University

2008 ◽  
pp. 1291-1303
Author(s):  
Fiona Darroch ◽  
Mark Toleman
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Many

This chapter examines the implementation of two learning management systems (LMS) in a university environment. Within the context of a case study and from the perspective of academic users, there is a review of the technological and organizational challenges that arise. There is an in-depth analysis of the implementation in terms of what went well and what should be done differently (i.e., lessons learned). Along with the macro-environmental factors that influence the global e-learning space, the related pedagogical issues, learning models, and technological toolsets are also explored. The authors hope that the experiences chronicled in the case study may act as a lesson to others contemplating such a project of the many technical and organizational issues that need to be addressed, with an emphasis on understanding the importance of the viewpoint of academic users.

BIM in the Saudi Arabian construction industry: state of the art, benefit and barriers

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Al-Yami ◽  
Muizz O. Sanni-Anibire
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Information Modeling ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Although there is a boom in the construction industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), it is yet to fully adopt building information modeling (BIM), which has received a lot of attention in the US, UK and Australian construction industries. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to provide the current state of the art in BIM implementation in Saudi Arabia, as well as perceived benefits and barriers through a case study. Design/methodology/approach A broad overview of BIM, the construction industry in KSA and the research and implementation of BIM in KSA was presented in this study. The research further established the perceived benefits and barriers of BIM implementation through a case study of a local AEC firm. A questionnaire survey was used to obtain lessons learned from the BIM team of the pilot project and was further analyzed using the RII approach. Findings The study’s findings include the lack of policy initiatives in KSA to enforce BIM in the construction industry, as well as the lack of sufficient research in the domain of BIM in KSA. Furthermore, the case study also revealed that the most important benefit of BIM adoption is “detection of inter-disciplinary conflicts in the drawings to reduce error, maintain design intent, control quality and speed up communication,” whereas the most important barrier is “the need for re-engineering many construction projects for successful transition towards BIM.” Originality/value The study provides a background for enhanced research towards the implementation of BIM in Saudi Arabia and also demonstrates the potential benefits and barriers in BIM implementation.

Lessons in Implementing a Learning System in a University

2011 ◽  
pp. 261-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Darroch ◽  
Mark Toleman
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Pedagogical Issues ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Organizational Issues ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Many

This chapter examines the implementation of two learning management systems (LMS) in a university environment. Within the context of a case study and from the perspective of academic users, there is a review of the technological and organizational challenges that arise. There is an in-depth analysis of the implementation in terms of what went well and what should be done differently (i.e., lessons learned). Along with the macro-environmental factors that influence the global e-learning space, the related pedagogical issues, learning models, and technological toolsets are also explored. The authors hope that the experiences chronicled in the case study may act as a lesson to others contemplating such a project of the many technical and organizational issues that need to be addressed, with an emphasis on understanding the importance of the viewpoint of academic users.

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