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Engineering impacting social, economic and working environment
Engineers create, design and build, bringing solutions to problems and transforming the
environment for betterment of life. Engineers are responsible for the development of science and
technology once they design tools, systems and instruments that make possible the acquisition of
knowledge in a vast amount of fields. Engineering is responsible for the deep transformation of
human relations in the first decade of the 21st century, changing also education paradigms as well
as business. A new era in working environment has started, which characteristics are peculiar
due to new communications, mobility and globalization. These aspects lead to the fact that now
it is also important to train engineers with tools that enable them to act in a working environment
that demands a very flexible and innovative mind in order to be inserted in and to keep up with
the work market. Knowledge in Basic Sciences, Basic Sciences of Engineering and Specifics of
Engineering are fundamental for the training of an engineer. However, the insertion in labor
market sometimes demands some practice or experience that should also be provided by the
engineering schools. Taking this into account, the Engineering Education Research Team of
COPEC – Science and Education Research Council has designed and is implementing a program
for an engineering school which main goal is to prepare engineers for the future work market, the
engineer for the future. The idea was born due to the very competitive environment that
Engineering Schools are facing recently and the fact that fewer young students are choosing
engineering as a career to pursue despite work market demand for engineers
Business Sphere, Vol. 19, no.1
Ethanol, the clean-burning, high octane fuel distilled from Iowa’s corn fields, has the potential to free the U.S. from its foreign oil dependence. Transforming corn into ethanol, however, takes energy, usually in the form of natural gas or coal. Ames-based Frontline BioEnergy is developing biomass-to-energy conversion methods that reduce an ethanol plant’s consumption of fossil fuels, making ethanol an even greener product. As Iowa’s ethanol industry continues to grow, developing energy from biomass could result in huge savings for the state’s production facilities
Colonizing the Thames
A case in which colonial engineers and administrators, working in concert with engineers and officials based in Britain, sought to employ the "tools of empire" on the metropole
On the Shoulders of Generations: Philanthropy in the Indian American Community of Silicon Valley
Based on interviews, examines traditions, trends, and values in philanthropy among immigrants from India in Silicon Valley, including the shift from personal and private charity to institutionalized giving among the Indian Diaspora
Environmental engineering program preparing engineers to tackle new challenges
The Engineering Education Research Team of COPEC – Science and Education Research Council has designed and is implementing a program for an engineering school which main
goal is to offer a PhD program of high quality in order to fulfill
the work market demand for a high qualified environmental engineer. It is an nterdisciplinary environmental engineering
program that intends to offer students an exciting opportunity to focus their technical capabilities on evolving science that affects
human quality of life in a global scale and can simultaneously help preserve and restore areas in which they work. Following
the world trend educational model of theory and practice, student projects provide unique, hands-on opportunities to explore the multifaceted considerations surrounding
environmental engineering problems on local and global levels, and to improve living conditions in the subject areas. It has a
curriculum that addresses the time-crunch problem by integrating professional practices into the technical curriculum.(undefined
Engineering course specially designed to face retention issue
Many engineering colleges have been facing the retention problem in engineering programs due to difficulties and lack of knowledge about what really means being an engineer. It is mainly due to the fact that the first 3 years are particularly intense and hard. A possible way to overcome this period is to implement a new kind of course more attractive and dynamic, which is the idea of COPEC’s engineering education research team, to embed a course with a more interesting activity for students in the first year. It is a short-term workshop in order to show the students the possibilities of performing as engineers in a global environment – a project developed for a private university in order to augment the retention rate in their engineering courses.This work has been financed by FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Courseme – C OMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136 and POCI-010145-FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Interdisciplinary environmental engineering program
Engineers have diligently built and transformed the environment to make men’s life better. The number of prominent professionals who have been referenced by their accomplishments is uncountable. Based on this, it is possible to say that the education of engineers is fundamental to keep the level of development of humanity in order to achieve a social development level similar to technological development.
However the present challenges of engineering education institutions are not limited
to the education of a professional for an international work market, but also to defeat
the crises of education in which they are inserted.
It is accurate to state that engineers are responsible for the development of science
and technology once they design tools, systems and instruments that make the
acquisition of knowledge in a vast amount of fields possible. Engineering is
responsible for the deep transformation of human relations in the first decade of 21st
century, also changing education as well as business paradigms. A new era in
working environment has started, which characteristics are peculiar due to new
communications, mobility and globalization. These aspects lead to the fact that now it
is also important to provide engineers with tools that enable them to act in a working
environment that demands a very flexible and innovative mind in order for them to be
fully inserted and to keep up with the work market [1].
The expanding global population has brought with it a growing concern about the
environment and the impact of technological development on it. The goal of this work
is to show the engineering program developed with the objective to train engineers to
enter and remain in the future labor market. The choice of a PhD program is due to
the investments that are being done in the region and the future possibilities for civil
engineers. It is a region where petrol has been found in a great amount and also
where the enlargement of the seaport for 2020 is being planned, two big endeavors
that require many constructions.
The present program is an interdisciplinary environmental engineering program that
intends to offer students an exciting opportunity to focus their technical capabilities
on evolving science that affects human quality of life in an international scale and can
simultaneously help preserve and restore areas in which they work. Emerging issues
challenge environmental engineers in public health, conservation and restoration of
natural systems, water and wastewater treatment, pollution prevention, and more.
Students in this program acquire the professional skills to manage these complex
issues and help their planet. This is also the opportunity for young people who are
seeking for a career and a job.FCT -Federación Española de Enfermedades Raras(FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-022674
“Innovative office”: building future for young engineers
This paper shows the course designed by COPEC – Science and Education Research Council education research team, for engineering students what is called “working with communities course”, which provides the students of engineering in 3rd year the chance to work with consultancy for the entrepreneurial community, in the region. It is for an engineering school of a private university and the goal is provide the needed resources to enable interdisciplinary efforts to prepare engineering students to tackle real-world challenges in engineering, entrepreneurship and new business ventures as professionals. The process is designed in order to offer a space that has been named after “innovative office”, where local entrepreneurs go with a problem or project to discuss and to find sustainable solutions under the consultancy of young engineers.
So far the program has been working well and is opening doors for young engineers.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologi
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Understanding and working with multiple perspectives on issues of change is an essential part of managing “common pool” water resources. In uncertain and complex situations arising from changes in human settlements and climate, both lives and livelihoods can be at stake. One individual’s or group’s choices can adversely affect others and traditional processes of participation and legislation are often inadequate. Discourse on environmental law recognises that noncompliance with legislation is associated with weak national governance structures. A systemic approach to managing change is required to appreciate interconnections among issues at various levels and to mediate different stakeholdings. Yet there are no blueprints for effecting systemic transformations of complex situations. This paper explores how the implementation of climate change adaptation can be supported when grounded in situations, such as water governance. It draws on the authors’ experiences of systemic praxis in the water sector
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