Intelligent Educational Evaluation of Research Performance between Digital Library and Open Government Data

This study evaluates institutional research performance in benchmark technological universities in Taiwan through intelligent research databases (SciVal) in digital libraries with Ministry of Education open data to explore the performance of research indicators and the research trend of topic clusters to ascertain accountability for decision makers. The research performance of eight benchmark technological universities in Taiwan is compared in this study. In addition, the trends in research topics in the top 10% of journals are explored. Descriptive statistics, correlation, ANOVA, and the Boston Consulting Group matrix were used in this study. Research personnel, publications, productivity, total citations, number of international collaborations, and academic research income in 2018 significantly positively correlated with each other. From 719 records of research topics, topic clusters and school types are the significant factors in research outputs. Biosensors, electrodes, and voltammetry are the leading topic clusters in the research trend. The topic cluster of decision-making, fuzzy sets, and models has the best growth rate in the SciVal results. This analysis provides useful insights to policymakers to improve institutional administration and research resource allocation.

The Effect of Soft Skills on the Successful Employment of Future Engineers: Self-Evaluation Results

The research focuses on “integrating” technological universities’ graduates in the current labor market. In pedagogical practice, it is widely known that university graduates with welldeveloped “soft” skills feel more confident about their future, and they can more easily cope with job search. In order to identify the effect of “soft” skills on the readiness of future engineers to job search, a survey was conducted among 106 students, including programmers, business analysts, IT designers, materials scientists, and nanotechnologists.The authors used the statistical methods to identify the relationship between students’ self-evaluation of “soft” skills and their readiness for job-seeking. We have found that 71.7% of all respondents who determined a high level of proficiency in “soft” skills, only 29.6% are confident that job search should not cause difficulties, 28.8% can see a clear connection between their studies and future profession, and 37% believe that they have motivation for professional fulfillment.The results of the survey based on self-evaluation showed that in spite of having a high score in evaluating their “soft” skills, the respondents express extreme uncertainty that they will be competitive enough outside the university and that will be prepared to apply the skills which are crucial for successful employment.

The impact of industry-oriented capstone courses on the employability of EECS students in technological universities

PurposeThis study used the industry-oriented capstone course to increase the employability of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) students in technological university.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, EECS students were selected and divided into groups, and the non-equivalent pretest–posttest quasi-experimental research method was adopted.FindingsIndustry-oriented capstone courses can improve students' employability, especially general ability, behaviour and attitude.Practical implicationsThe results of this study and many other studies show that capstone courses are helpful for the soft skills of students.Originality/valueThis study provides evidence that industry-oriented capstone courses can improve EECS students' employability.

Improving the efficiency of tools made of high-speed steels and hard alloys

The monograph is devoted to improving the efficiency of forming tools made from the most used tool materials: high-speed steels and hard alloys. For tools made of high-speed steels, a comparative assessment of the standards of industrially developed countries and the Russian Federation was carried out. The characteristic of operational and technological properties is given. High-speed steels and technologies are recommended to increase the efficiency of the tool. Recommendations on the types of tools are given. The properties of hard alloys and the areas of their rational application are analyzed. The structural materials of prefabricated and soldered tools are considered. Recommendations on the choice of hard alloys are given, directions for the creation of new compositions of hard alloys to increase the efficiency of the tool in the processing of hard-to-process heat-resistant steels and alloys are shown. It is intended for engineering, technical and scientific workers of the metallurgical and manufacturing industries. It can be used in the preparation of masters, postgraduates of technological universities.

Metrics, metrics, metrics: the emergence of technological universities in Ireland

Purpose This paper aims to explore the experiences, attitudes and expectations of higher education managers in relation to the increased use of metrics. Specifically, the authors examine a system of metrics which was introduced as part of the process for establishing Technological Universities in Ireland. Design/methodology/approach A total of 12 managers were interviewed. The authors present data from the interviews in which the authors explore: the previous use of metrics; the impacts of the introduction of metrics; and the future use of metrics. A mix of narrative structuring and thematic analysis is used. Findings The introduction of metrics evokes a mixed reaction from the managers. The metrics allow performance in a range of activities to be measured, assessed and benchmarked. However, there are both direct and indirect impacts of the transition to a metric-based system, which the authors explore using six themes. Originality/value The authors apply the Academics Responding to Change model proposed by Trowler (1998) as the theoretical lens. This helps to capture the complex mix of direct and indirect effects that metrics can have on activities both at an individual and institutional level.

Modern automation in process control systems

The textbook describes the basics of the theory, schemes, designs and technical characteristics of intelligent measuring instruments. The principles of operation of control and measuring devices, automatic regulators and control devices are considered. Numerous examples of automation schemes are given. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For students of technological universities.

The Impact of External Personnel Marketing Strategy on Brand Awareness of Customers

This research analyzes the impact of external personnel marketing strategy using 7ps on brand awareness of students in the technological universities in Egypt. Two questionnaires were prepared and distributed. The research was applied on 254 faculty members of the whole technological universities in Egypt (Cairo, Quesna, and Beni Suef) and 280 students of these universities. The results indicated that there is a positive significant effect of external personnel marketing strategy using 7Ps (individually and collectively) on brand awareness. The study proposed a number of recommendations.

Equity in technological higher education. A look from the Subsystem of Technological Universities in Mexico

This work is part of the results of an investigation that is being carried out at the Technological University of Tula-Tepeji with the objective of analyzing the public policy of creation of the Technological Universities Subsystem (SUT) that the Mexican federal government implemented in response to educational equity. The work corresponds to an investigation with an exploratory and analytical approach that began with the study of theories related to equity in education and the educational policies implemented by the federal government in terms of equity to land with a quantitative study of the SUT. An attempt is made to answer the question: In what way has the SUT contributed to reducing situations of educational inequity in groups of young students from the less favored social strata? to assess scope, for now, only with respect to educational inclusion. However, educational equity is a more comprehensive concept that encompasses other dimensions of analysis and not only effective access to higher education, which is why it is proposed in the end to carry out other complementary studies to make a more objective balance. of the results achieved by the SUT.

Importancia de la evaluación del Saber Ser en la Educación Basada en Competencias en las UT's

Para las Universidades Tecnológicas al tener un modelo Educativo Basado en Competencias (Saber Ser, Saber Hacer, Saber), es prioritario establecer los criterios de evaluación que demuestren que el estudiante ha adquirido las capacidades planteadas en el objetivo de cada asignatura, determinado en los planes de estudio del perfil profesional de egreso. Por lo tanto, el docente tiene que implementar estrategias de evaluación en el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje para llevar a cabo una valoración y retroalimentación objetiva en donde se clarifique cuáles son los parámetros a cubrir para desarrollar la competencia profesional esperada por el sector empresarial. La evaluación del Saber Ser es una valoración de manera cualitativa, por ello, es importante que al alumno se le oriente hacia las habilidades personales, las características afectivas y psicológicas a desarrollar al momento de trabajar en equipo, enfocándolo en obtener los resultados planteados. To the Technological Universities having a Educational model base on competitions (to know how to be, to know how to do, to know how to know), it’s a priority to establishing the evaluation criteria that shows that the student has acquired the skills in every subject, according to the student profile. Therefore the teacher has to implement evaluation strategies during the process of teaching process that has an objective evaluation and feedback in where the parameters are clear to develop a professional competition for the business sector. The evaluation for “To know how to be” is a qualitative assessment, therefore, it’s important that the student is guided towards personal skills, the psychological characteristics to develop while working in teams, focusing on obtaining results.

Stefan Bryła – Polish Creator of the First Welded Road Bridges

<p>The first two welded road bridges in Poland were designed by Stefan Bryła, Professor at the technological universities in Lwów and later in Warsaw. The bridges became operational in 1929 and 1931, respectively. The first bridge is of a truss structure and is the first welded structure of this type in Europe, and indeed the world’s first road welded truss bridge. It became a listed monument in 1968. It was in service up to 1977, when it was relocated due to insufficient horizontal clearance. The second bridge is of a plate girder structure and it is still operational. The two welded road bridges are located over the Słudwia river near Łowicz, central Poland. In 2019, ninety years have passed since the first welded bridge in Poland became operational, while December 2018 saw the 75th anniversary of Professor Stefan Bryła’s tragic death. To mark these occasions, this paper briefly presents the Professor’s design and structural work, and discusses the stories of the first two welded bridges in Poland.</p>