The SPHE meeting had a guest speaker Jacob Elias, a structures field engineer who works for Balfour Beatty Construction. He’s working on the Dallas Horse Shoe Project and graduated from UTA with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 2013. He talked about his line of work, his duties, responsibilities, and the main steps in constructing the Downtown Dallas remake of IH-35E and IH-30. He also discussed what he learned from his experience as a student as well as a professional in the field. He ended with some major advice for students and future engineers. The main take away I got form the presentation and what I will carry on throughout my academic and professional career is to get involved. He recommended that as students we get involved
Sandro A. Carrasco is a Pratt alumnus. He graduated in 2012, with a Bachelors of Architecture degree. He is currently the associate project manager for Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), at their Madison Avenue, New York, New York office. I am inspired by the many positions Sandro held, during his tenure at Turner Construction Company. A company, I intend to work for upon graduation. Therefore, I wanted to learn about the transition process. I was also curious to learn more about Sandro and his experiences. Therefore, this desire to establish a mentorship with Sandro motivated my decision to interview him; for the betterment of my career, in the future.
The Meeting is a play written by Jeff Stetson that portrays the theoretical meeting of Malcom X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The play’s opening scene shows both men on opposite sides of the stage with spotlights on them. They take turns speaking to make it seem as if these interactions are happening at separate locations and at different points in time. We can assume they’re being interviewed because we hear a voice offstage asking the men questions. However, in these interviews, neither man is known by the public for accomplishing anything, almost as if the revolution they created had never happened. Directly following, Malcom wakes up from his nightmare, which is what the audience just witnessed. Based on
Some key points I was able to take away from today’s class time were the following:
One of his first points was that society has been indoctrinated with the belief that college is the best way to guarantee success. He points to the statistics many colleges have shown as points to back this claim. He decides to dig deeper into these statistics, showing something that was not factored in. He looked at the statistics to
strongly expresses that he wants students to have a chance to enjoy each part of their education
Mr. Bell explained the reason for the Special Meeting tonight which was to vote on signing a resolution to adopt the Solar Ordinance. Mr. Bell stated that he had not had time to read the latest proposed Solar Ordinance and was confused. Mr. Frederick explained that the Planning Board changes which were made to the ordinance at the last Planning Board meeting (9/22/16) were sent to the commissioners work session. Mr. Frederick said the commissioners made their changes and that is what is in front of you tonight. Mr. Bell stated that none of the changes the Planning Board worked on have been incorporated into this ordinance.
...s that you develop a way of regarding the information that you receive to the society that you are living in. He also believes that a quality education develops a students moral views and ability to think. And that these qualities are best developed in the traditional classroom setting by interaction between the student and their professors, and the student’s social life on campus, that is, their interaction with fellow students.
Lewis had drawn the graduates in with his tone and style of delivery. The tone of his address was very motivating and dynamic. Lewis delivers his speech in a way where he is always moving his arms around and being excited. If he was not moving around and looking excited, students might have lost interest in what he was saying, causing them to not pay attention and not hear important life lessons. But since Lewis was moving around, the graduates payed attention and learned the lessons that Lewis was trying to teach
Instead of teaching us how to do projects and essays, how to use the quadratic formula, how to understand the concept of war, teach us instead the art of persuasion. Teach us the ways of entertaining an audience, the dilemmas that the world faces. Teach us that there are an enormous amount of issues in the world and they come with an abundant amount of solutions. To learn how to engage an audience is to learn how to teach one.
Slide 6: I think this slide is important because as future teachers, we need to look out for these at risk students. As future teachers, I feel like we should try to get to know our students as much as possible
Cruz also helped me learn how to communicate the findings of my research. I presented four posters in connection to my research with Dr. Cruz, one being specifically related to my capstone project. I learned how to orally describe my research and to adjust this description based on the level of knowledge of those who I spoke with. I also learned important lessons on visually representing data through this experience. Though challenging, the written thesis portion of the capstone project also taught me how to succinctly summarize my ideas in a way that was understandable to others. I also learned how to use different technology to assist me in producing a quality finished product. For my thesis, I learned how to use the document preparation system LaTeX within the \textit{R} software
Over the course of this class I have pieced together many things about my own life that before went unnoticed. I am now able to see things in a bit of a different light. Now that I have been introduced to the realm of psychology I understand some of the reasons for behavior around me. I have learned that there is a reason for most everything and a lot of our behaviors and mental processes can be explained through psychology. Studies have been conducted for many years to try and pinpoint the source of our behavior and it is not something that most people think about every day. Having a better understanding of why we operate the way we do will help me to better understand myself and the others around me.
Hill talked about that would help the students. He left the session with some great points that he made and all of the points appeared to be very helpful for the students. For one, he said that it will be hard and it is not easy during the first few years of college, everyone will struggle and have times that they want to give up but do not. Learn how to self-motivate because your parents and peers are not going to be there every step of the way. The students need to learn how to encourage themselves and get back up when they fail. To never accept failure and learn different ways to achieve your goals if it does not work the first time. If their thinking they are going to fail then they are going to fail. That quitting should not be an option and if they put their mind to it, then they can do it. Mr. Hill did a very good job during his speech and left the students in a great
During my work experience at , I was fortunate enough to have experienced firsthand and learned, many different sides of what goes into a project, the general process of how a project is initially planned, developed and completed; as well as how much work and detail goes into every stage. Another valuable lesson I have learned during these 12 weeks, were the many different types of work an Engineer has to perform, which in turn, have provided me with more insight into the different types of roles and responsibilities that I could perform, as a Civil Engineer.
...eholders of the field. Each higher educational institution will then have the flexibility of adding more subjects as deemed needed for the realization of their own institutional objectives and to cater to the needs of their particular students. It has become a real challenge for institutions offering engineering and architecture two highly technical disciplines with demanding responsibilities, serving not only human endeavors, but also national concerns in a global perspective. In the end, it must be added, that no matter how well we can design a curriculum, what will matter more will be in the implementation, which include quality of faculty instruction and features of the school's infrastructure and facilities. And most of the times even with a not-so-perfect curriculum, an implementation of programs with mere passion for academic excellence will do the trick.