scholarly journals EVOLUTION OF THE DESIGN ENGINEERING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kush Bubbar ◽  
Alexandros Dimopolous ◽  
Roslyn Gaetz ◽  
Peter Wild ◽  
Michael McWilliam
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Present Program ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Intensive Training

The Design Engineering Mentorship Program (DEMP) is a five-day intensive training program focused on developing appropriate competencies in graduate students required to effectively teach engineering design at the undergraduate level.Evolution of the present program is discussed in context of feedback and observations from the now defunct Design Engineering & Instruction program. The structure of the procedural based DEMP program is fully described including new experiential based workshops on creativity and coaching led by a PCC certified coach.Motivating factors and implementation details of each of the workshops are described in detail in context of the competencies attributed to a design instructor.The first instance of the DEMP program will be offered in September 2016.

scholarly journals TRAINING PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR GRADUATE TEACHING ASSITANTS

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavio Firmani ◽  
Michael McWilliam ◽  
Peter Wild ◽  
Michael McGuire ◽  
Nikolai Dechev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Support Design ◽  
Student Teams ◽  
Qualified Personnel ◽  
The University

This program is an initiative of the Chair in Design Engineering of the University of Victoria Faculty of Engineering to an NSERC mandate to improve engineering design instruction. To date, there are not enough qualified personnel to support design projects and help students. This problem will be more evident in the upcoming years when the number of undergraduate students will increase and professors will not have the time to guide all the student teams. Therefore, it is imperative the support of highly qualified personnel specialized in design engineering. To this end, a totally new and unique program that trains graduate students to be “Design Teaching Assistants” (DTAs) has been recently launched. In this training program, graduate students learn about engineering design, teaching and mentoring. The program includes a series of workshops, discussion panels and seminars.

Attitude Change as a Function of Intensive Training, Dogmatism and Authoritarianism

1966 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph B. Vacchiano ◽  
David C. Schiffman ◽  
Areta V. Crowell
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Intensive Training

The effects on attitude of an intensive training program for 55 graduate students, none of whom had taught before or attended courses in education, were measured with the MTAI. Females were found to change significantly in their attitudes, revealing greater permissiveness, while males showed no change in attitude. Initial scores on the MTAI were inversely and significantly related to authoritarianism and dogmatism (as measured by the California F Scale and the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale). Attitude shifts as a function of training were significantly related to authoritarianism but not to dogmatism.

scholarly journals Solitude, Silence, and the Training of Psychotherapists: A Preliminary Study

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey B. Vanmeter ◽  
Mark R. McMinn ◽  
Leslie D. Bissell ◽  
Mahinder Kaur ◽  
Jana D. Pressley
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Total Duration ◽  
Spiritual Disciplines ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Wait List Control ◽  
Striking Increase ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Research Questions

The spiritual disciplines of silence and solitude have long been practiced within the contemplative Christian tradition as a means of character transformation and experiencing God. Do these disciplines affect the use of silence in psychotherapy for Christian clinicians in a graduate training program? Nineteen graduate students in clinical psychology were assigned to a wait-list control condition or a training program involving the disciplines of solitude and silence, and the groups were reversed after the first cohort completed the spiritual disciplines training. One group, which was coincidentally comprised of more introverted individuals, demonstrated a striking increase in the number of silent periods and total duration of silence during simulated psychotherapy sessions during the period of training. The other group, more extraverted in nature, did not show significant changes in therapeutic silence during the training. These results cause us to pose research questions regarding the interaction of personality characteristics and spiritual disciplines in training Christian psychotherapists.

scholarly journals Computational intelligence in product design engineering: review and trends

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo A. Salustri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Product Design ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Design Automation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Broad Perspective ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Product Engineering

Product design engineering is undergoing a transformation from informal and largely experience-based discipline to a science-based domain. Computational intelligence offers models and algorithms that can contribute greatly to design formalization and automation. This paper surveys computational intelligence concepts and approaches applicable to product design engineering. Taxonomy of the surveyed literature is presented according to the generally recognized areas in both product design engineering and computational intelligence. Some research issues that arise from the broad perspective presented in the paper have been signaled but not fully pursued. No survey of such a broad field can be complete, however, the material presented in the paper is a summary of state-of-the-art computational intelligence concepts and approaches in product design engineering. Keywords: Computational intelligence, engineering design, product engineering, decision making, design automation

scholarly journals CASE STUDY IN SYSTEMATIC DESIGN ENGINEERING – BOW THRUSTER COVERS

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Ernst Eder
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Systematic Design ◽  
Methodical Approach ◽  
Novel Design

Students learning design engineering at times need a good example of procedure for novel design engineering. The systematic heuristic-strategic use of a theory to guide the design process – Engineering Design Science – and the methodical design process followed in this case study is only necessary in limited situations. The full procedure should be learned, such that the student can select appropriate parts for other applications. Creativity is usually characterized by a wide search for solutions, especially those that are innovative. The search can be helped by this systematic and methodical approach. This case example is presented to show application of the recommended method, and the expected scope of the output, with emphasis on the stages of conceptualizing. The case follows a novel design problem of a mechanism to open and close the bow thruster covers for the Caravan Stage Barge.

Professors without Borders: The Benefits of a Scholastic Mentoring Program

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Maul
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Mentoring Program ◽  
Mentorship Program ◽  
Postgraduate Study ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Similar Program ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Insight Into

Universities in sub-Saharan Africa currently struggle to maintain adequate faculty and resources to take on Ph.D. candidates. Expanding enrolment in recent decades has not been met with improvements in university facilities, and neglect from development agencies has made it difficult for the higher education sector to meet the demands of the knowledge economy. As a result African graduate students have few opportunities to pursue postgraduate study in the region and sub-Saharan Africa’s brain drain persists. In order to address the lack of opportunity for graduate study, the Professors without Borders program has been developed. Professors without Borders is a mentorship program, whereby graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa are partnered with professors and academics at universities in industrialized nations and the students are mentored during the course of their degree. The program aims to promote internationalization among universities as well as facilitate development. This report examines the motivation behind the program and its potential for success. The literature review on higher education in sub-Saharan African summarizes the problems facing the sector but indicates the potential for higher education to contribute to economic growth. In addition, the reception of the Professors without Borders idea among African universities indicates unanimously that such a mentorship program would be very much welcomed and beneficial to African Ph.D. students. The experience of a similar program known as BrainRetain by the Irish-Africa Partnership provides insight into the challenges and logistics of making such a mentorship program successful and sustainable.

scholarly journals HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ENGINEERING DESIGN

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Rosen ◽  
David A. G. Meston
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Design ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Engineering Management ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Safety Issues ◽  
Health And Safety Issues

Health and safety issues are important in engineering, management and other fields, and particularly in engineering design. Engineering-oriented health and safety relevant to design is discussed and appropriate case studies are provided which help convey the importance of these issues concisely. The article is directed and structured for engineering, but also discusses ties outside engineering. The case studies presented here are fictitious, although they contain ideas based on actual incidents. Although the case studies are oriented towards engineering, they also incorporate management and business issues, since health and safety must be dealt with in an integrated and interdisciplinary manner.

scholarly journals African School of Pediatric Oncology Initiative: Implementation of a Pediatric Oncology Diploma Program to Address Critical Workforce Shortages in French-Speaking Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Hessissen ◽  
Catherine Patte ◽  
Helene Martelli ◽  
Carole Coze ◽  
Scott C. Howard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Pediatric Oncology ◽  
Training Model ◽  
Subspecialty Training ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
E Learning

PURPOSE In 2012, the French African Pediatric Oncology Group established the African School of Pediatric Oncology (EAOP), a training program supported by the Sanofi Espoir Foundation’s My Child Matters program. As part of the EAOP, the pediatric oncology training diploma is a 1-year intensive training program. We present this training and certification program as a model for subspecialty training for low- and middle-income countries. METHODS A 14-member committee of multidisciplinary experts finalized a curriculum patterned on the French model Diplôme Inter-Universitaire d’Oncologie Pédiatrique. The program trained per year 15 to 25 physician participants committed to returning to their home country to work at their parent institutions. Training included didactic lectures, both in person and online; an onsite practicum; and a research project. Evaluation included participant evaluation and feedback on the effectiveness and quality of training. RESULTS The first cohort began in October 2014, and by January 2019, 72 participants from three cohorts had been trained. Of the first 72 trainees from 19 French-speaking African countries, 55 (76%) graduated and returned to their countries of origin. Four new pediatric oncology units have been established in Niger, Benin, Central African Republic, and Gabon by the graduates. Sixty-six participants registered on the e-learning platform and continue their education through the EAOP Web site. CONCLUSION This training model rapidly increased the pool of qualified pediatric oncology professionals in French-speaking countries of Africa. It is feasible and scalable but requires sustained funding and ongoing mentoring of graduates to maximize its impact.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUALIZE–DESIGN ENHANCEMENT OF SYSTEMATIC DESIGN ENGINEERING METHOD

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ernst Eder
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Engineering Method ◽  
Design Engineering ◽  
Systematic Design ◽  
Transformation System ◽  
Levels Of Abstraction ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Decomposition Of Functions

The engineering design methodology of Pahl and Beitz is good in the detailed stages, but needs enhancement in the early stages of conceptualizing and embodiment-in-principle. The concept of ‘functions’ has been enhanced by Hubka and colleagues. A ‘functional basis’ (Hirtz et al) has improved the definitions of ‘flows’ and ‘functions’, their work does not go far enough to provide a basis for conceptualizing. ‘Affordances’ (Maier and Fadel) are covered by full use of systematic conceptualizing of design engineering solutions. The Pahl-Beitz model and method of ‘decomposition of functions’, ‘physics’, and components is contrasted with the Hubka models of a transformation system, TrfS, its constituents, structures, properties life cycle, etc., and their use as method for design engineering by searching for alternative embodiments at each of these levels of abstraction. These steps are illustrated in (to date) 21 case examples published between 1976 and 2012, several of them in the CEEA conferences and their predecessors.

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