Efforts in Maintaining Currency in Engineering and Avoiding Obsolescence

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Miles ◽  
Jesa H. Kreiner
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
California State University ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
Service Relationships ◽  
The Face

Updating ones professional skills, continuing education and the ability to work successfully in multidisciplinary environments have become increasingly critical to staying competitive in the face of rapid advances in technology and the current trends toward outsourcing of engineering jobs. Mechanical engineers, specifically, are continuously confronted with staying current with proficiency in CAD and FEA tools, evolving multiplicity of design materials and increased sophistication of design components, as are their capabilities in communicating with both engineers and non-engineers. A survey conducted of engineering alumni of the California State University, Fullerton indicates how its graduates pursue the complex task of staying current and the degree of successes achieved in this never ending endeavor. The survey evaluated ways and means of these efforts and the employers’ attitudes and support, or lack thereof, towards such efforts, experiences of working in multidisciplinary and multi national teams and attitudes towards community service. Relationships between continued education and career are examined. Implications of the findings to engineers, education and industry are discussed. Roles that educational institutions and professional societies play in this process are carefully examined and discussed.

Maintaining Currency and Staying at the Cutting Edge of the Profession

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesa H. Kreiner ◽  
David J. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
California State University ◽  
Recent Survey ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Engineering Program ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
The Face

Educators and employers have traditionally worked together to identify engineering skills which require ongoing updating and upgrading in order to avoid obsolescence. That, along with the need to work successfully in multidisciplinary environments, has become increasingly critical in staying competitive in the face of rapidly changing technology and current trends toward outsourcing of engineering jobs. Mechanical engineers, specifically, are continuously confronted with the requirement to maintain proficiency in CAD and FEA tools, evolving multiplicity of design materials and fabrication processes and increased sophistication of design components. Another aspect of a successful engineer entails the ability to communicate with both engineers and non-engineers who frequently are in positions to approve or cancel projects which may affect success and/or survival of the company where engineers work. A recent survey was conducted of engineering alumni of the mechanical engineering program at California State University, Fullerton spanning a period of close to four decades to assess if and how these graduates managed to stay current and the degree of success achieved in this continuing endeavor. The survey evaluated ways and means of these efforts and the employers’ attitudes and support, or lack thereof, towards such efforts. Also the surveys examined alumni experiences of working in multidisciplinary and multinational teams. Relationships between continued education and success in pursuit of the career of alumni were examined. Implications of these findings to engineers, academic institutions and industry were discussed with particular interest in the roles that educational institutions and professional societies play in the career of engineers.

“To Educate for the Practice of Freedom”

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-111
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Mayer ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Relational Sociology ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The University

Sounding the call for an integral human development, CST invites considering the subsidiary nature of relationships at multiple levels of society as a spiritual matter. Drawing from diverse sources in theology, relational sociology, and evolutionary biology, this essay explores Catholic educational institutions and their role in fostering the moral agency of students and faculty. In the face of epidemiological evidence of the social ills of economic inequality, the question becomes: Do we have the freedom to imagine an alternative to current trends in the commodification of education? The partnership of Catholic Relief Services and the university offers hope as a relational subject from which emerges the good of mutuality. Integrating student experiences from the classroom to the field, this essay advances the development of a “pedagogy of liminal mutuality” in the reciprocal practices of solidarity-building at and from the margins.

scholarly journals Implementasi Pendidikan Siaga Bencana di SDN Purwosekar

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-20
Author(s):  
Yuli Yana Zenis ◽  
Danang Abdurrahman
Keyword(s):  
Community Service ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Warning System ◽  
State University ◽  
Service Program ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Face ◽  
Games And Simulations ◽  
Singing Games ◽  
Disaster Science

Indonesia is a country that has a lot of potential for disasters. The large number of potential disasters should be balanced by human resources who are ready to be prepared in the face of disasters. Therefore, in community service activities, the 2019 State University of Malang Community Service Program held activities in the field of disaster. This activity is the Implementation of Disaster Preparedness Schools which aims to provide education on an early warning system when an earthquake occurs. The activity was carried out Monday and Tuesday, June 24 and 25 2019 at SD Negeri 1 and 2 Purwosekar. The target of these activities is elementary school students in grades 4-6. The arrangement of activities carried out is the provision of material packaged in the form of story telling, singing, games, and simulations. The delivery of the material is packaged as attractive as possible so that it can be accepted by students easily. The results obtained from these activities were the knowledge and experience of students regarding disaster science, especially earthquake preparedness.

scholarly journals ORGANIZING WASTE THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN NAPA VILLAGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-114
Author(s):  
Indah Kusuma Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Organic Waste ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Transport Equipment ◽  
Professional Societies ◽  
The People ◽  
The Face ◽  
Management Institutions

The community should be more aware of managing waste by sorting organic and non-organic waste and understanding how to manage Reuse Reduce Recycle (3R) Waste so that the waste problem in Napa Village can be overcome. The objectives to be achieved through community service and outreach activities are as follows: (1) To increase public awareness about the importance of waste management in Napa Village; (2) to find out the factors that become obstacles in waste management in napa village; (3) Increased understanding, community development efforts on the importance of preserving the environment; (4) Increased understanding of the community in efforts to foster institutions and professional societies in the face of modernization in their lives. The results obtained from the community service activities are: (1) Organizing waste in Napa Village is identification of problems related to waste management in Napa Village, socialization of the concept of 3R Trash, counseling on how to treat waste, surveying the location of waste disposal sites and identification of waste management institutions; (2) The concept of the implementation of waste management, namely the construction of temporary landfills/waste bins, the creation of the final landfill site for Napa Village, the establishment of the Napa Village Waste Management Institute, the provision of garbage transport equipment, the separation of waste with the 3R concept and the use of the 3R Waste Technology, with this activity the people of Napa Village no longer throw garbage in the sea, but in the place that has been provided.

Tantangan Pondok Pesantren dalam Menghadapi Era Bonus Demografi

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-434
Author(s):  
Ibnu Chudzaifah
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Current Development ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Times

Pondok Pesantren is one of the Islamic educational institutions that aim to form human beings who have noble character, so that created a human who has a balance between physical and spiritual. Some educational institutions offer various models of learning to balance the current development so that its existence is still recognized by the community. While boarding school in dealing with the development of the times, has a commitment to make new innovations by presenting the pattern of education that can give birth to a reliable Human Resources. Especially pesantren currently has a challenging enough weight in facing the era of "Demographic Bonus". Demographic bonus is a phenomenon in which the structure of the population greatly benefits the community from the side of development in various sectors, because the productive age is more than the non productive age. This means that the dependency burden will decrease with the ratio of 64 percent of the productive age population to bear only 34 percent of the nonproductive age population. With all kinds of scholarships and skills given to students, students are expected to compete in all fields, especially in the face of Indonesia gold in 2020 to 2035.

Scientific and Informational Almanac about Libraries, Publishing Houses and Higher Educational Institutions

2010 ◽  
pp. 122-124
Author(s):  
Valerii P. Leonov ◽  
Mariya G. Bokan ◽  
Nina V. Ponomareva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Eastern State ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Far Eastern

On the publishing of scientific and informational almanac «Power of a Book: Library. Publishing House. Institute of Higher Education» by Far Eastern State University.

CRYPTOCURRENCY PHENOMENON IN THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM

2017 ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Артур Анатолійович Василенко
Keyword(s):  
World Economy ◽  
International Monetary System ◽  
State University ◽  
Electronic Money ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Graduate Student ◽  
The One ◽  
Xix Century

UDC 336.74   Vasylenko Artur, post-graduate student. Mariupol State University. Cryptocurrency Phenomenon in the International Monetary System. The main prerequisites of cryptocurrency emergence in the international monetary system in terms of regionalization of the world economy are defined in the article. Determination of «cryptocurrency» category was analysed from the point of two main approaches to its treatment: on the one hand cryptocurrency is admitted to be the currency equally to the sovereign currency, and on the other hand it is considered as an unrecognized virtual asset. The main consequences which arise in case of widespread use of crypto currency for the country and for the parties that agreed to use cryptocurrency were analysed and systematized. On the basis of the research, given the current trends in the world economy, the author put forward and substantiated the hypothesis to classify the phenomenon of cryptocurrency as the effects of a famous philosophical «Negation of negation law» formulated by G. Hegel at the beginning of the XIX century.   Keywords: cryptocurrency, material money, electronic money, digital currency, regional currency integration, blockchain, mining, capitalization, «Negation of negation law».

scholarly journals Reconciling Epidemiology’s Aspirations and Capabilities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A Savitz
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Epidemiologic Studies ◽  
Public Health Importance ◽  
Public Health Action ◽  
Action Current ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Face ◽  
Health Action ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Health Applications

Abstract Interpreting the results of epidemiologic studies calls for objectivity and rigorous scrutiny, acknowledging the limitations that temper the applicability of the findings to public health action. Current trends have posed new challenges to balancing goal of scientific objectivity and validity with public health applications. The ongoing tension between epidemiology’s aspirations and capability has several sources: the need to overpromise in research proposals, compromising methodologic rigor because of public health importance, defending findings in the face of hostile critics, and appealing to core constituencies who have specific expectations from the research.

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