scholarly journals Educate for Technological Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 479-488
Author(s):  
Frido Smulders ◽  
Bertien Broekhans ◽  
Aldert Kamp ◽  
Hans Hellendoorn ◽  
Hans Welleman
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Engineering Knowledge ◽  
Grand Challenges

AbstractAt Polytechnics design & engineering students are taught about state-of-the-art technical knowledge. Students become qualified engineers and learn to innovate artifacts related to their domain.Not taught is how to develop new engineering knowledge within a multidisciplinary context of stakeholders, companies and regulations. In short, students don't learn to innovate technology. What is taught today is the result of a technological innovation of yesterday. This is not sufficient for industry to innovatively deal with society's grand challenges.The paper describes a project that aims to educate all TU Delft graduate students in the verb of innovating technology, that is, the development of new technologies from inventions in the labs to full- fledged application in business. Such along three dimensions: technical, human and business.The educational portfolio consists of three modules in line with growth along Bloom's taxonomy and online materials on theoretical backbones. All modules apply the notion of technological innovation journeys (Tijo's). Tijo's are rich descriptions of the developmental journey of new technology and are based on inventions from the university's own labs.

scholarly journals Developing students’ aptitudes through University-Industry collaboration

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Aizpun ◽  
Diego Sandino ◽  
Inaki Merideno
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Engineering Knowledge ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Industry Collaboration ◽  
The University ◽  
University Industry

<p>In addition to the engineering knowledge base that has been traditionally taught, today’s undergraduate engineering students need to be given the opportunity to practice a set of skills that will be demanded to them by future employers, namely: creativity, teamwork, problem solving, leadership and the ability to generate innovative ideas. In order to achieve this and educate engineers with both in-depth technical knowledge and professional skills, universities must carry out their own innovating and find suitable approaches that serve their students. This article presents a novel approach that involves university-industry collaboration. It is based on creating a student community for a particular company, allowing students to deal with real industry projects and apply what they are learning in the classroom. A sample project for the German sports brand adidas is presented, along with the project results and evaluation by students and teachers. The university-industry collaborative approach is shown to be beneficial for both students and industry.</p>

Using Open Ended Undergraduate Robotics Projects to Teach Innovation to Today’s Engineering Students

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Richter ◽  
Hani S. Saad ◽  
Martin W. Weiser
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Industrial Robot ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Engineering Technology ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Student Teams

Engineering and Engineering Technology students need to learn to innovate and embrace new technologies as they develop and progress through their careers. The undergraduate degree program needs to provide this first opportunity at innovation allowing the student to gain experience and confidence at solving technological problems. This paper describes the learning experiences in innovation using an undergraduate course in robotics and automation. The course is composed of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology students. The paper relates the successful attempt the students had in developing and using innovation through the creation opened-ended industrial robot system projects. The undergraduate student project teams in the course are self-directed and have to use innovation to develop a robotic project of their own design. This breaks the cycle of students just doing the same preset experiments that others have done before them. Although doing preset experiments can reinforce theory given in classroom, it does little to develop skills in innovation, which will be the key to success in the global economy. The course provides an excellent framework for the student teams to demonstrate their ability to innovate using new technology to solve a complex problem while having the mentorship from instructors as they take their first steps in actually doing innovation. The confidence and process used to solve these problems will provide a basis upon which they can formulate new strategies to incorporate new technologies throughout their career.

scholarly journals Technological innovation in neurosurgery: a quantitative study

2015 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani J. Marcus ◽  
Archie Hughes-Hallett ◽  
Richard M. Kwasnicki ◽  
Ara Darzi ◽  
Guang-Zhong Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Image Guidance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Search Term ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Boolean Search ◽  
Highly Correlated

OBJECT Technological innovation within health care may be defined as the introduction of a new technology that initiates a change in clinical practice. Neurosurgery is a particularly technology-intensive surgical discipline, and new technologies have preceded many of the major advances in operative neurosurgical techniques. The aim of the present study was to quantitatively evaluate technological innovation in neurosurgery using patents and peer-reviewed publications as metrics of technology development and clinical translation, respectively. METHODS The authors searched a patent database for articles published between 1960 and 2010 using the Boolean search term “neurosurgeon OR neurosurgical OR neurosurgery.” The top 50 performing patent codes were then grouped into technology clusters. Patent and publication growth curves were then generated for these technology clusters. A top-performing technology cluster was then selected as an exemplar for a more detailed analysis of individual patents. RESULTS In all, 11,672 patents and 208,203 publications related to neurosurgery were identified. The top-performing technology clusters during these 50 years were image-guidance devices, clinical neurophysiology devices, neuromodulation devices, operating microscopes, and endoscopes. In relation to image-guidance and neuromodulation devices, the authors found a highly correlated rapid rise in the numbers of patents and publications, which suggests that these are areas of technology expansion. An in-depth analysis of neuromodulation-device patents revealed that the majority of well-performing patents were related to deep brain stimulation. CONCLUSIONS Patent and publication data may be used to quantitatively evaluate technological innovation in neurosurgery.

scholarly journals A short guide to technology development in cell biology

2015 ◽  
Vol 208 (6) ◽  
pp. 655-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bas van Steensel
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Cell Biology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Successful Outcome ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Technology Development Project

New technologies drive progress in many research fields, including cell biology. Much of technological innovation comes from “bottom-up” efforts by individual students and postdocs. However, technology development can be challenging, and a successful outcome depends on many factors. This article outlines some considerations that are important when embarking on a technology development project. Despite the challenges, developing a new technology can be extremely rewarding and could lead to a lasting impact in a given field.

scholarly journals New possibilities for weld assessment using inverse wavefield extrapolation

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Casper Wassink ◽  
K. Chougrani ◽  
J. Van der Ent
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Welding Process ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Weld Strength ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Destructive Testing ◽  
The Impact

New technological capabilities in both girth weld Non Destructive Testing (NDT) and girth weld material characterization open the door for new ways of weld assessment. The paper gives examples of new technologies currently being developed in NDT and investigates how these technologies could add value, in the field, on weld testing and assessment. The guiding principle in this investigation is that the data gathered in NDT should be sufficient for making an engineering decision. It will be argued that this is not currently the case as NDT is now used in a qualitative check on the welding process rather than a quantitative information source on the weld strength.An overview of technologies like Inverse Wave Extrapolation (IWEX), Full Matrix Capture (FMC), and Sampling Phased Array (SPA) will be given. These technologies show promise to increase the quality of data received from Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) of pipeline girth weld. The most important improvement is that an image of the defect is generated, in three dimensions, which allows for improved assessment of the impact of detected flaws on the weld strength. The paper will then show how these new capabilities could be combined with new technology in material testing and finite element calculations, which has specific value for strain based pipeline designs. The result is a vision on the future of girth weld assessment.

Broadening Participation: Over Ten Years of Outreach Within the IDETC-DED Community

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte de Vries ◽  
Kate Fu ◽  
Elizabeth Starkey ◽  
Christine Toh ◽  
Nicole B. Damen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Technical Knowledge ◽  
Central Importance ◽  
Major Barrier ◽  
Engineering Discipline ◽  
Broadening Participation ◽  
American Society

Abstract A core ethos of the engineering discipline is to tackle large, complex problems of central importance to society utilizing a range of technical knowledge and skills. One major barrier to this goal is the lack of diversity in the discipline, leading to a shortage of the talent pool, reduced capacity for innovation, and it can negatively impact the educational experience of engineering students. To respond to this charge, the Broadening Participation Committee (BPart) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering’s Design Engineering Division (ASME DED) has conducted a number of activities aimed at fostering a diverse professional community and addressing the needs of people typically under-represented within engineering. This includes professional development workshops, networking sessions, travel funds available for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, and micro-grants available for parents with young children. This paper discusses the activities provided by the BPart Committee since 2013, as well as the outcomes and additional initiatives that occurred as a result of the BPart Activities. Examples of such activities include seven professional development workshops, three workshop panels, and seven networking receptions. In the workshop participant feedback, we see some effect when there is a female presenter over a male presenter, but this effect appears to be limited. A discussion on future activities of BPart is presented in order to continue to grow and foster this community.

Holograms as Job Performance Aids

1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 492-493
Author(s):  
Allan H. Frey
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Real Object ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Visual Test ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Assembly Tasks ◽  
Better Than

The nature of the new technology of holography will be briefly described and holograms will be demonstrated. The unique characteristics of holograms will be sketched and their particular value as aids to job performance will be discussed. In the last few years, the state-of-the-art in holography has advanced at an accelerating rate. It is a technology which allows objects to be presented in three dimensions as though they really exist in space. In fact, there is no visual test to discriminate between the real object and the holographically re-created object. As visual aids in wire tracing and assembly tasks, they are equal to or better than photographs or line drawings. They have been used on the windshields of moving automobiles to create the perception of on-road objects in driver testing. In the last two years they have been commercially available to colleges for teaching hundreds of difficult concepts, such as the DNA helix.

scholarly journals Implementation and Effectiveness of New Technologies in Housekeeping Department

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (9) ◽  
pp. 6274-6280
Author(s):  
Parikshit Das
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Hospital Industry ◽  
Building Trade ◽  
Time Work ◽  
Technological Service ◽  
Sector Work

      When everything from front workplace to food and liquid has started the new technology within the same time work department additionally go with new technology they must not be in the age.  In nowadays in building and hospital or any tourist sector work can not be outlined as cleanup and maintaining totally different surfaces there's a such a lot issue on the far side that additionally. currently days every and each trade is functioning through a technology-driven transformation and there's no totally different in cordial reception industry additionally. In these topics we tend to are planning to highlights the present challenges that we face from the worker and therefore the best practices on new technologies which may be innovated for the building trade, and if it goes well then we are able to apply this new technologies effectively within the building in work department. it's the upper growth and the and therefore the and additionally the cut tools for the building and hospital trade also. These articles delineated  the teachers and up to date building work technologies effectiveness. This new technological innovation within the work service is made public on very cheap of the model guest cycle. fine quality technological service is that the pillar of the work department it will create the work easier. building work have to be compelled to be a IT savvy housekeeping, cross coaching for the worker, TV, radio lightweight curtain area service laundry assortment every and each issue that is an element of the work are going to be controlled from one device. If these all are often implementing in a very systematic manner within the cordial reception trade then it will cause be an enormous opportunities and future profit for the hospital industry.                                                                                                                                                          

Research in New Technologies and New Materials in the Sports Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 633-634 ◽  
pp. 404-407
Author(s):  
Shu Yan Bai
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Human Life ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Competitive Sports ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Sports Science

Science and technology are the products of human understanding and the remaking of nature. Technological innovation is an important way for a country or an industry to achieve better development. Nanotechnology, representative of new materials technology in general, has permeated every aspect of our lives, and plays an especially important role in competitive sports. With this rapid development of new technologies and materials foremost in mind, this paper describes the application of new technologies and new materials in the sports industry.Science and technology are primary productive forces. In modern society, technological innovation permeates every aspect of human life, and is closely related to the quality of life of modern people. In addition, spectator sports, competitive sports, sports science and technology, R&D (research and development) and innovation in general are also invariably affected, particularly by the rapid development of new technology materials.

The Recent Revolution in High Performance Computing

MRS Bulletin ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Horst D. Simon
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Computing ◽  
High Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Parallel Architecture ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Good News ◽  
Computing Industry ◽  
Time And Energy ◽  
Performance Computing

Recent events in the high-performance computing industry have concerned scientists and the general public regarding a crisis or a lack of leadership in the field. That concern is understandable considering the industry's history from 1993 to 1996. Cray Research, the historic leader in supercomputing technology, was unable to survive financially as an independent company and was acquired by Silicon Graphics. Two ambitious new companies that introduced new technologies in the late 1980s and early 1990s—Thinking Machines and Kendall Square Research—were commercial failures and went out of business. And Intel, which introduced its Paragon supercomputer in 1994, discontinued production only two years later.During the same time frame, scientists who had finished the laborious task of writing scientific codes to run on vector parallel supercomputers learned that those codes would have to be rewritten if they were to run on the next-generation, highly parallel architecture. Scientists who are not yet involved in high-performance computing are understandably hesitant about committing their time and energy to such an apparently unstable enterprise.However, beneath the commercial chaos of the last several years, a technological revolution has been occurring. The good news is that the revolution is over, leading to five to ten years of predictable stability, steady improvements in system performance, and increased productivity for scientific applications. It is time for scientists who were sitting on the fence to jump in and reap the benefits of the new technology.

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