scholarly journals Multidisciplinary Research Projects For Engineering Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjith Munasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research

Researching an Activity-Driven Approach to Information Systems Development

2013 ◽  
pp. 431-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irmeli Luukkonen ◽  
Marika Toivanen ◽  
Anja Mursu ◽  
Kaija Saranto ◽  
Mikko Korpela
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research

The primary objective of this chapter is to introduce a socio-technical approach called the Activity-Driven (AD) approach to Information Systems Development (ISD) in healthcare and social services. The approach is based on the application of Activity Theory in ISD and on participatory and cooperative design principles. It has been studied and developed for over a decade in cooperation between IS researchers and healthcare professionals around twenty practice-oriented research cases, hosted by the participating health facilities. The authors define the AD approach and describe the characteristics of the AD approach and the continuum of the interrelated research projects since 1998. They also provide a glance at the business utilisation of the approach and discuss the tentative educational experiences of the approach. The aim is to contribute to the knowledge of socio-technical ISD by providing a versatile description of the AD approach, the characteristics, and the long-term cooperative multidisciplinary research efforts, and show the interplay between the AD approach that was developed and the conditions under which it was elaborated.

The Inclusion of Multidisciplinary Research in Science Teaching

2014 ◽  
pp. 99-120
Author(s):  
Eugene de Silva ◽  
Eugenie de Silva ◽  
Jeffrey Horner ◽  
Pamela Knox
Keyword(s):  
Science Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Fourth Dimension ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
Physics Knowledge ◽  
Independent Thinking

The educational process is described as a method whereby knowledge, skills, beliefs, values, and methods are transferred from one person to another. This chapter describes a series of research projects carried out from 1998 to 2013 that attempted to establish an effective process conducive to the transfer of chemistry and physics knowledge. The powerful combination of research and online studies with the latest technological tools are also discussed in this chapter. The chapter also provides the START model that signifies how different contexts may actually influence core learning. This further emphasizes the importance of the inclusion of research in teaching and how it provides a fourth dimension to teaching. This work also elaborates the importance of the multidisciplinary research-based teaching and how it promotes independent thinking and flexibility among learners.

Maritime history at maritime museums

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 434-443
Author(s):  
Lars U. Scholl
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discourse ◽  
Maritime History ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Research Initiatives

All museums do research into their collections. Some maritime museums, however, have started co-operations with adjacent universities and formed research bodies that initiated multidisciplinary research projects, as well as inaugurating PhD programmes and joining the transnational academic discourse. These initiatives are dependent on active promotion by research directors. Once these directors retire, their research initiatives are often jeopardised.

Robotic Project-Based Pre-Training for In-Coming Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Students

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin Pei Tang ◽  
Matthew Goeckner ◽  
Mark W. Spong
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Interesting Problem ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
College Career ◽  
Training Approach ◽  
Potential Problems

This paper describes the pre-training approach using research projects to get the in-coming mechanical engineering undergraduate student jump started for their four years of college career. We used a robotics research project to go through the full engineering design lifecycle, including (a) brain-storming, (b) feasibility studies, (c) building simple models for evaluation, and (d) engineering/construction. With the help of the mentors, the approach has effectively involved the students to identify potential problems and solve them effectively during the execution of the projects. The resulting constructed robotic delivery truck is a mathematically interesting problem that will be solved as a research problem.

scholarly journals Networks that Cross the Boundaries of the Classroom: A Quasi-Experimental Study of University Students

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alberto Benítez-Andrades ◽  
Isaías García ◽  
Carmen Benavides ◽  
Javier Pérez-Paniagua ◽  
Pilar Marqués-Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Group Response ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Teaching Learning

Currently there is a trend towards facilitating multidisciplinary research and collaborations between different faculties and/or multi-university collaboration. In order to achieve standardization, we believe that this culture should begin with the teaching-learning processes. This research has investigated collaborative work between nursing students and computer engineering students. To analyze the group response, an analysis of the contacts was carried out through Social Network Analisys, pre- and post-intervention. The student networks analyzed were friendship, collaboration and negative networks. The results show that the intervention had a positive impact on networks among students, creating greater cohesiveness due to the resources they shared. The research adds useful evidence for proposing innovative and multidisciplinary strategies in terms of  networks.

Research management, institutional arrangements and the quest for integration in mixed-farming innovation: the emergence of point-of-practice integration

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (10) ◽  
pp. 928 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Price
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Research Teams

Modern science and contemporary research and development programs are characterised by societal, managerial and political expectation that they be integrated. For some this means paying attention to the principles of the triple bottom line; for others it is about taking a holistic approach to finding solutions to complex problems; whereas for yet others it is about maximising co-investment, partnerships and collaboration and focusing these on the problems of the day. Each of these aspirations involves integration, although in very different ways. Grain & Graze attempted to deal with all these forms. With highly specified objectives and targets dealing with economic, environmental and social outcomes, 66 partners involving three scales of governance as well as science and community collaborators, and multidisciplinary research teams working across 50 or so research projects, integration was the catchcry of Grain & Graze. At its core the program dealt with cropping and grazing farming systems, adding yet another dimension of integration to the mix. This paper explores each of the forms of integration and the institutional arrangements in Grain & Graze that either supported or limited their success. It finds that frameworks for integration are highly challenged when these several forms of integration take place simultaneously, particularly when the expectations among diverse stakeholders about integration are unclear and when there is scant expertise and experience in operating within integrated frameworks. Under such situations, point-of-practice integration becomes a critical form of integration, a form which can and should be planned for at the commencement of complex research programs involving an on-ground adoption expectation.

The Systems Approach – Research or Research Management

1974 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Parvin ◽  
Fred H. Tyner
Keyword(s):  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Agricultural Experiment Station ◽  
Primary Research ◽  
Experiment Station ◽  
Agricultural Experiment

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the management of larger multidisciplinary research projects in the existing agricultural experiment station framework. Through a recounting of changes occurring in agriculture and their implications for research, the need for research management is established.Next, systems analysis is introduced as a means for organizing the quantity and variety of resources involved in large multidisciplinary research projects. After a discussion of the requirements for engaging in systems analysis, suggestions are made for organizing research through the systems analysis approach. An example, with diagrams, is used to help clarify the discussion and to strengthen the argument that systems analysis constitutes a potentially productive tool – both for primary research and for research management.

The Western Superior Province Lithoprobe and NATMAP transects: introduction and summary

2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 743-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A Percival ◽  
Herwart Helmstaedt
Keyword(s):  
Continental Crust ◽  
Greenstone Belt ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Superior Province ◽  
Western Region ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Multidisciplinary Research ◽  
Red Lake ◽  
History Of

The Special Issue on the Western Superior Province Lithoprobe and NATMAP transects presents a wide spectrum of contributions from coordinated, multidisciplinary research projects on the western region of Earth's largest Archean craton. Articles include aspects of the geophysical, stratigraphic, geochemical, geochronological, petrological, and structural evidence bearing on the accretionary history of this classic, well-exposed piece of ancient continental crust, as well as analyses of the prospectivity and seismic character of the gold-rich Red Lake greenstone belt.

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