A review of literature on employability skill needs in engineering

Encouraging skills development is a key part of the UK Government’s strategy. This emphasis on skills has led to changes in Higher Education, where there is an increasing recognition of the need to enhance students’ employability. This paper reviews the data on the type of employer skill needs available in the existing literature with a particular emphasis on those skills required by engineering and manufacturing employers. Statistical data related to skill gaps in engineering and manufacturing in the UK and London/Thames Gateway are presented with the intention to determine whether and how these relate to the employability skills and competences listed by various organisations. The paper arrives at a number of conclusions. In summary, for the ‘engineering and manufacturing workforce skills development’ ethos to become widespread in London (and the UK in general), a lot more needs to be done to understand the needs of industry to be able to develop provision that supports Londoners (and the UK citizens in general) in gaining appropriate skills in engineering. This can only be achieved through cooperative, inclusive, transparent and centrally coordinated approaches to skills assessment, monitoring and development.     

我国本科工程教育实践教学问题与原因探析

工程教育实践教学是工程科技人才培养的重要环节。本文立足于工程教育的时代要求,从实践教学目标、实践教学体系设计、实践教学方法、实践教学条件和师资队伍等五个方面,对本科工程教育实践教学存在的问题进行了系统梳理,并从传统文化、教育观念、教育体制、教育资源投入等方面探究问题产生的原因,以期为工程教育实践教学改革和政策制定提供参考依据。     

谈如何加强航道工程项目的成本管理

项目成本管理是施工企业管理的重要组成部分。本文结合施工实际论述了如何加强航道工程项目的成本管理。认为充分的事前准备是做好成本管理的前提，事中控制是做好项目成本管理的保证，事后总结是项目成本管理的重要补充。     

SLOODLE在工科院校实验课程中应用初探

文章简要介绍SLOODLE的系统架构以及将SLOODLE应用到工科院校实验课程中的方式、面临的问题及优缺点,最后做出总结,并指出SLOODLE在教育中的进一步发展需要所有教育工作者的共同努力。     

城市地下空间工程专业计算机辅助设计教学研究

文章对城市地下空间工程专业计算机辅助设计实践教学进行系统的研究。通过分析总结,给出了目前城市地下空间工程专业在计算机辅助设计教学方面的必要性。根据目前城市地下空间工程行业的发展,讨论了当前该专业中计算机辅助设计所面临的诸多问题。针对目前地下空间工程所处的历史机遇,分析计算机辅助设计在未来所面临的机遇和挑战,认为对于城市地下空间工程专业,计算机辅助设计教学的开展是非常必要的。     

“隧道工程”课程教学改革思路探讨

在归纳国内外＂隧道工程＂课程教学改革现状的基础上,分析了＂隧道工程＂这门课程的主要特点,提出了目前课堂教学中存在的典型问题。同时,对＂隧道工程＂课程的案例教学改革进行了深入思考,提出了教改思路和具体实施方案。     

植物抗病性的分子生物学研究进展

本文对植物抗病基因克隆策略及其可能功能、分类以及植物基因工程展望作了概述     

Prodigies in the Press

The term ‘child prodigies’ is not a scientific one, but is commonly used to refer to exceptional children. Such children are frequently featured in the mass media in particular the daily press. Many of these cases are accessible in no other way. This paper first presents a summary of cases of ‘exceptional early achievers’ reported in two leading British ‘quality’ newspapers. The Times and The Sunday Times, over the decade 1988 to 1997. These and other reports raise numerous issues about giftedness and attitudes to it, which appear to be ambivalent or somewhat negative. This may have implications for public policy towards, and provision for, able children. While the daily press is not scientific literature, there seems to be a regrettable ignorance of psychological knowledge, which would probably not be paralleled in say medicine or engineering.     

骨组织工程的研究进展

本介绍了组织工程的概念、基本方法和研究的主要内容；综述了骨组织工程领域的研究现状和发展方向；讨论了骨细胞与其生活环境支架材料和生长因子的相互作用。     

A Survey of Simulation Courses in Industrial Engineering Programmes

This paper reports on the 65 courses which were described by faculty responding to a questionnaire sent out by the authors to all industrial engineering university programmes in the US. The purpose of the questionnaire was to obtain information regarding the organization and content of simulation courses in industrial engineering programmes. This paper includes a summary of the responses, including the number of courses using various programming languages and textbooks, the proportion of courses teaching various simulation topics, examples of typical open-ended project assignments and many other course characteristics. The paper concludes by recommending future continuing dialog between faculty members involved in this teaching activity     

Biochemical engineering education in Japan: A survey of the status as it is

This article is a summary of the survey questionnaire about 'biochemical engineering' education in Japanese universities. The questionnaire was distributed to the academic professors whose research fields include, whole or partly, biochemical engineering, within the author's understanding. Almost all these professors are members of a section specializing in biochemical engineering research, a suborganization of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan. Some of these professors are also members of the Society for Bioscience and Bioengineering, Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology, etc. The surveyed fact data are from 35 questionnaires returned from 50 dispatched. This number is considered sufficient to realize the present status of biochemical engineering education in Japan.     

新工科背景下“汽车理论”课程全英文教学探索

人才的培养离不开合理的教育体系,国际化人才的培养更需要高水平的英文教学。现代高等教育逐渐朝国际化趋势发展,全英文教学方式是教育国际化的重要一环。实现全英文教学并非易事,须结合实际情况、选择科学可行的策略和方法。以东南大学开设的本科生“汽车理论”课程为例,结合实践教学分析全英文教学实现的必要条件,挖掘授课中的潜在问题,从教学目标、教材选择、教学内容、教学方法、教学反馈、多元化考核六方面,探索新工科背景下全英文教学的有效方案。     

Advancing global capacity for engineering education research: relating research to practice,policy and industry

Findings are presented from a series of moderated interactive sessions held at international engineering education conferences between July 2007 and December 2008, where attendees discussed the current state and future trajectory of engineering education research. More specifically, this study examines how session attendees described: (1) the relationship between engineering education research and educational practice, policy considerations and industry; (2) important stakeholders, mechanisms/strategies and challenges for relating research to practice, policy and industry. Thematic analysis and open coding procedures were used to analyse the data collected at each session. In summary, frequent discussion and widespread consensus was observed about the need to relate engineering education research to the practice of engineering teaching. Discussions about relating research to policy and industry remain formative, but appear to be gaining traction. The paper concludes by proposing a cyclic model to better conceptualise how engineering education research can be strategically related to practice, profession and industry across diverse local and global contexts.     

环境污染控制工程材料绪论课教学研究的探索

《环境污染控制工程材料》是环境工程专业一门重要的技术基础课,针对该课程内容枯燥抽象且关联性差、内容繁多而课时数偏少等特点,结合实际教学情况,指出讲好绪论课是激发学习兴趣的源动力,并进一步探讨绪论课讲授的重点和讲授的方法,以期丰富环境污染控制工程材料课程教学改革的内容,促进教学水平的提高。     

新工科背景下地方高校自动化专业创新创业模式探索

针对地方高校传统工科培养体系存在的问题与自动化专业创新创业培养的需求,探索新工科背景下地方高校自动化专业创新创业的模式,从五个方面进行较为详细全面的探讨,并进行初步实践。实践结果证明,该培养模式有助于学生将理论知识与实践相结合,有效提高了学生的创新动手能力,促进学生的创业思维,促进自动化专业复合型人才的培养,为地方输送更加符合产业发展的人才。     

培养工科研究生能力的几点做法

气动技术是一门实践性很强的工科研究生课程,传统的教学方法教学效果不理想。文中提出了一种以任务为导向的教学活动组织方式,通过提出任务要求—设计技术方案—实现技术方案—撰写总结报告等教学环节,提高工科研究生的综合科研能力。     

科研平台建设在研究生培养中的重要作用

2008年重庆医科大学基础医学院对原属组织学与胚胎学、病理生理学等教研室的科研方向、科研设备、科技人员和科研场地进行了整合,成立了校级干细胞与组织工程研究平台。通过3年运行取得了显著成效,论文对加强科研平台建设、管理,充分发挥科技人员在研究生培养中的作用进行经验总结。     

地质雷达超前预报精度研究应用

地质雷达勘探方法是应用于隧道掘进中的超前预报,具有快捷、准确的特点。针对如何有效地提高探测精度做了探讨和总结,对工程实例中典型的雷达图像进行分析和判断,并成功预报隧道掌子面前方地质状况,为保障隧道安全施工提供一定依据,也验证了地质雷达的实用性。     

面向市场 追求卓越 构建教育创新体系——浙江大学工程硕士教育13年历程总结

本文介绍浙江大学工程硕士教育的基本情况,以电气工程、软件工程、电子与通信工程三个领域为代表,总结工程硕士教育的主要成果和经验,并结合当前专业学位教育总体改革的基本要求,提出学校进一步推动工程硕士教育发展的改革思路和创新举措。