Beyond art, beyond humanities, beyond technology : a new creativity

The history of humanity shows how important it is the communication made in many ways by means of art! Communication and arts aer part of human life in a daily basis such that it is necessary to attempt to the importance of communication of its many channels and now more than ever-in real time. Not to mention the art that expresses in many ways the beauty, the odd and the reflections of realities. The academic community dedicated to the search of science of communication and arts can count with an international forum for the discussions about communication and arts research. it is the WCCA´2012 - World Congress in Communication and Arts organized by COPEC - Science and Education Research the Thema of WCCA´2012: "Beyond Art, Beyond Humanities, Beyond Technology: A New Creativity" has brought researchers and professionals of theses areas to participate at the conference showing their interesting scientific works

Engineering Education for the improvement of practice : preparing for labour market

Technical skill is associated with understanding and proficiency in a particular type of activity, especially those that are involved in methods, processes and procedures. As an example, one can take the training of the engineer, who - mostly - is focused moreover, on calculations, simulations and projects, characterizing it as an individual, above all, objective. Since the human ability can be understood as the ability of individuals to interact with others to form similar one that respects his fellow and nature this individual is aware of his/her own attitudes, opinions and beliefs about others. Realizing the existence of other attitudes, opinions and beliefs different from his/hers, the individual is able to understand them. By becoming aware of the need to combine their technical skills (to run its specific activity) with the human ability (to develop proactive human relationship), this professional develops the conceptual ability, which is directly associated with the coordination and integration of all attitudes and interests of the organization that owns or provides the service. In other words, not technical enough to be good, if not able to understand comprehensively the meaning of the activity that is being exerted, through these three interconnected skills. This aspect is the main one in terms of engineering formation for 21st Century Labor Market for engineers. The goal of this work is to show the engineering programs developed by COPEC with the objective to form engineers ready for the present labor market. The most successful program is the one based on Scientific Research Projects.(undefined

Projections

The academic community dedicated to the search of science of communication and arts can count with an international forum for the discussions about communication and arts research. It is the WCCA’2013 - VI World Congress on Communication and Arts organized by COPEC ¾ Science and Education Research Council and promoted by WCCA ¾ World Council on Communication and Arts. It happens for the first time in Australia. The theme of this edition Projections” has brought researchers and professionals of these areas to participate at the conference showing their interesting scientific works

Study abroad program impacting engineering formation : cultural immersion (CIB)

The study abroad experience described in this paper has showed as one of the most effective ways to promote the retention rate in engineering programs. Among the outcomes are the dynamic addition to undergraduate career; the opportunity for long-lasting friendships; the enhancement of technical skills and knowledge; understanding the different cultures and histories and an addition to life enrichment. The main goal of the program is to provide the future engineers with tools and extra experiences to develop a career as engineers in a more adequate to the present challenging and mutant work market.(undefined

Engineering Education in Iberian America

The large Continent of America has in its territory besides overseas regions, dependencies and colonies 35 sovereign countries, 25 in North America and 12 in South America. Among them there are two big countries Brazil, which official language is Portuguese and Argentina, which official language is Spanish. Both are of political and economical importance in South America. They both belong to the so called Iberian America, which is a term used since the second half of the 19th century to refer collectively to the countries in the Americas, which were formerly colonies of Spain or Portugal. The Iberian countries in Europe are Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar. The objective of this paper is to present the history and he current status of engineering education in Iberian America countries Brazil and Argentina followed by the countries that originated the engineering education in these countries, Portugal and Spain

Engineering programs for engineers: a global higher education perspective

New demands for engineering education are taking place due to the deep transformations that the world is facing. The way to overcome the constant mutation and challenges that engineers have to face professional programs are dimensioned in accordance with the knowledge and practice that are necessary for the group of professional engineers. These are the customized courses. Students make the requirements and the program is designed to fit their needs. Briefly, classes are in classroom with technical visits to different organizations and the content is available on line. The amount of work comprises the amount of hours that are necessary to accomplish the program focusing in the main goal, which is to have a certified course of specialists in a certain field of expertise. The proposed program is an investment that guarantees return by the strategic vision for a successful performance, the higher management capacity and growth of intellectual capital

“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

Engineering the engineering program: the year of discovery

ISBN 978-1-5090-1790-4Retention is an issue that has been faced by many engineering colleges due to the difficulties and lack of knowledge about what it really is to be an engineer. The first 3 years of the course are particularly intense and hard. A way to overcome this period might be achieved by implementing a new kind of course, more enticing and dynamic. That is the idea of COPEC’s engineering education research team, to embed a program with a more interesting activity for students in the first year. It is what has been named after “The Year of Discovery”, a short-term workshop in order to show students the possibilities of performing as engineers in a global environment – a project developed for a private university, in order to decrease the retention rate in their engineering programs.Competitivity Factors Operational Programme - COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013Competitivity Factors Operational Programme - COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-00704

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

Science, engineering, and technology innovation for global human challenges

Apresentado em "ASEE’s 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition - New Orleans, LA - June 26 - 9, 2016"This paper describes the engineering program designed by COPEC – Science and Education Research Council’s education research team, in which the so called ‘Working with Communities’ course is included. It provides 3rd year engineering students the chance to work as consultants to foster an entrepreneurial community in the city. The idea is to create an Innovative Office, to which local entrepreneurs can resort to in order to discuss and find sustainable solutions for a specific problem or a project. So far, the project has worked relatively well. Student groups are working hard and the results have been positive.This work has been financed by FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Programme - COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136 and POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/201