Lessons learned in managing risk: Tools and strategies for confident operations from the CLEAN 2020 Summit

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 736-742
Author(s):  
Kenneth F Martinez ◽  
Jayne B Morrow
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Business Policy ◽  
Science Building ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
Core Capabilities

Risk mitigation of COVID-19 in the indoor environment requires an articulated strategy for creating a bridge between science and the business community that focuses on knitting together four core capabilities—environmental microbiology, transmission science, building science, and social science—advancing scientific knowledge. The purpose of this article is to share insights from the CLEAN 2020 Summit, which assembled leaders from business, policy, standards development, science, and engineering working to mitigate risk of transmission in the built environment. The Summit worked to assess current challenges and pain points felt by industries from around the globe as well as innovative solutions applied to meet these challenges. Although SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 diseases are unique, the foundation of knowledge to assess and mitigate the risk of viral transmission in the built environment is robust. There are opportunities to improve science and engineering technology solutions, processes, and procedures to better meet the dynamic needs of the evolving pandemic.

scholarly journals Integrating ‘Engineering Projects in Community Service’ into engineering curricula to develop graduate attributes

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Sameer Hoosain ◽  
Saurabh Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Graduate Attributes ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Engineering Projects

There has been a shift towards the acceptance of community engagement and service-learning as a pedagogical tool in the fields of engineering, engineering technology and the built environment. The Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) was implemented at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment and this article shares the best practices and lessons learned as the program developed. As EPICS-in-IEEE requires, the partners included UJ students and faculty members, a non-governmental organization (NGO), Engineers without Borders-UJ, and secondary school learners (the pre-university component) from UJ Metropolitan Academy. The EPICS-in-IEEE technical design and development phase was constituted and used as a guideline. The results of this project demonstrated at least six positive implications: university final-year/capstone engineering design projects and exit-level outcomes were achieved; participants worked as a team on engineering-related projects for a local NGO and its community; the project prepared engineering graduates for the professional world; the initiative took the engineering, engineering technology and built environment disciplines to the community through the “social innovation” EPICS-in-IEEE concept; and the UJ value system was instilled while achieving technical/professional outcomes in preparing students for careers in the private, public and non-profit sectors. How to cite this article: HOOSAIN, Mohamed Sameer; SINHA, Saurabh. Integrating ‘Engineering Projects in Community Service’ into engineering curricula to develop graduate attributes. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, v. 2, n. 1, p. 60-75, Apr. 2018. Available at: http://sotl-south-journal.net/?journal=sotls&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=22   This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

scholarly journals Using IoT in Supply Chain Risk Management, to Enable Collaboration between Business, Community, and Government

Smart Cities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 995-1003
Author(s):  
Li Meng
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Supply Chain Risk Management ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Difficult Times

The internet of things (IoT) and social media provide information related to disasters that could help businesses to strategically mitigate risks and optimize their supply chain during difficult times. This paper proposes a framework to show how business or supply chain enterprisers can collaborate with community and government in disaster supply chain risk management. Businesses must have an established risk mitigation plan, update it periodically and implement promptly. Community collaboration can build a resilient society, and government should play an important role in leading both financial and non-financial support during natural disasters and pandemic management. The IoT and social media are new mechanisms as a vocal point to enable government, ensuring trustworthiness of information, to provide the community with a means to express needs and feedback, and to assist business services to meet the changeable preferences under risk threats. Social media can be a collaborative effort between all the parties and helps make value added decisions efficiently in supply chain risk management.

scholarly journals The Covid-19 Epidemic, China Containment Contexts, and Risk Mitigation, Public Health Lessons Learned, is it Feasible for Europe & Us

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Hamid Yahya Hussain ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health System ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Wuhan City ◽  
City Population ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Complete Collapse

Despite the high morbidity and mortality rates of COVID-19 infection china witnessed during the first two months of 2020, and compared to the short time of the epidemic among Wuhan city population in Hubei territory, the response of the health system to the disaster in this country was significantly effective, despite what seemed clear in the early days that the virus was fierce to the point of conquering the capabilities of the country, and it is so explosive, we all had the feeling that China was on the verge of complete collapse within few weeks.

scholarly journals Experiences with inquiry-based learning in an introductory mechanics course

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devin R. Berg
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Student Response ◽  
Equilibrium Analysis ◽  
Static Equilibrium ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Wide Range

Inquiry-based learning is an educational approach that allows the student to take ownership over the education process by self-identifying a problem and formulating their own solution. The application of this method of teaching was explored in an introductory mechanics course taken by both engineering and engineering technology students. Students were tasked with applying the principles of fundamental static equilibrium analysis to objects found in their normal surroundings. The deliverable for this assignment consisted of a photograph of an object they found to be in static equilibrium and a short description of how the state of the object could be described mathematically. Student submissions for this task exhibited a wide range of quality and imagination. Examples of student work are presented along with discussion of lessons learned and recommendations for the use of this method in the future. The overall student response to this task was positive and thus these efforts will be expanded.

E-Novation in Large Corporations

2011 ◽  
pp. 210-237
Author(s):  
Michael Conlin
Keyword(s):  
Business Value ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Business Community ◽  
High Tech ◽  
High Tech Sector ◽  
Community Recommendations ◽  
Large Corporations ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores the lessons learned by large corporations that have been pioneers of e-novation. These pioneers have much to teach us about the opportunities for competitive impact and business value. These are explored within the framework of Porter’s Five Forces model. The impact of e-novation on employees and, especially on the employee-employer relationship is explored to reveal possible insights. Although a significant portion of these pioneers are in the high tech sector, many of the insights are broadly applicable to all sectors of the economy. A case is made that e-novation is well on its way to broad adoption in the business community. Recommendations are offered for those wishing to take up the challenge of e-novation.

Risk assessment and operational approaches to managing risk in global supply chains

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 873-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Kumar ◽  
Katie J. Himes ◽  
Collin P. Kritzer
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Managing Risk ◽  
Supply Chain Risks ◽  
A Company

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide the organization with a process for assessing risk associated with their supply chain and a framework from which they can build their strategy to manage risk. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed process is based on a compilation of research and interactions with supply chain managers in various industries, and these sources provide a specific process to identify how critical the risk is, when to act upon it, and how to manage it. An adapted risk mitigation framework organizes strategies according to the likelihood of disruption and consequences. Included is an industry example used to demonstrate the framework. Findings – The variability and uncertainty associated with supply chain risks make disruption difficult to predict. Furthermore, getting information from suppliers about the amount of risk associated with their operation in an attempt to scope one's own risk can be a challenge. Management must consider the amount of risk the organization is going to accept and how much to invest to mitigate it. Originality/value – To manage the risk associated with supply chain disruption, an organization must deploy a strategy for assessing it. Once risk areas have been identified, the organization must design strategies which will mitigate the risk. The depth and degree to which risk is mitigated depends upon how risk-averse a company is and what they are willing to invest in this activity.

scholarly journals EARTHQUAKE RISK MITIGATION: THE IMPACT OF SEISMIC RETROFITTING STRATEGIES ON URBAN RESILIENCE

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Miguel FERREIRA ◽  
Rui MAIO
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Seismic Retrofitting ◽  
Structural Safety ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Earthquake Risk ◽  
Masonry Building ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
The Impact

It is recognized that both community and urban resilience depends on the capacity of built environment to maintain acceptable structural safety levels during and after unforeseeable events, such as earthquakes, as well as to recover their original functionality. Investing in disaster risk mitigation policies is a great step towards promoting urban resilience and community preparedness, implicitly limiting damage to the built environment and subsequently reducing human, economic and environmental losses. Portugal is a moderate to high seismic prone area as the latest estimates indicate that within the next 50 years the country could be severely hit by a strong quake similar to the histori­cal 1755 event, which left a trail of destruction and death, mainly in densely populated areas, such as Lisbon. This manuscript aims to mitigate the impact of earthquake damage scenarios on social and economical terms, as well as evaluating the outcome of implementing traditional retrofitting strategies to existing masonry building stock located in urban areas of high seismic risk, using the old city centre of Horta, Faial island (Azores, Portugal), as a case study.

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