David Weightman’s presentation on Brainstorming has been picked by the editors of SlideShare to be highlighted in the education category here.  Watch it there or in the viewer below:

Five new videos have been added to the series “Professional Ethics in Engineering”, by Michael Loui. These videos talk about taking responsibility, ethics codes, moral and research. Part 6 of the series can be checked bellow, as well as a presentation for parts 6 to 10. For the whole series, please check our YouTube playlist.

David Weightman talks to iFoundry about simplicity in industrial design and how it relates to user happiness and product success. 

One of the intriguing possibilities of our digital age is the possibility of communicating with one another using modern digital media.  Fluor Corporation has recognized this possibility by providing three videos to iFoundry that discuss some of their training processes inside the company.

The videos on Fluor University, Fluor Management Institute, and Fluor Executive Business Challenge are available by clicking the indicated topic, or the Fluor University video is available in the viewer below:

The university has always been removed from the world of commerce, but digital media can help bring real-world engineering to our students and curricula in new, exciting, and possibly transformative ways.

Brainstorming is a group creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas. This talk presents strategies to provide effective brainstorming process.

David Weightman talks about James Dyson, the designer and entrepreneur that created, among other things, the cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner.

Customization is a word that refers to two related concepts. The first meaning is making something to your own specification and the second meaning is adapting something that already exists to your own purposes. In this talk, David Weightman talks about customization and how this changes the way our society produce goods. 

Tuesday 24 February, 12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m., 301 Coordinated Sciences Lab (CSL)

Professor Russell Korte, Department of Human Resource Education

Abstract: After several years of demanding study, new graduates in engineering emerge from higher education as professionals eager to apply their expertise to societal problems. However, most engineers practice within the context of organizations, which impose constraints and demands largely grounded in the complex social systems in the workplace. This seminar presents the results of an ongoing study of the socialization process experienced by newly hired engineers in four different organizations (including one international site). It recounts their rich experiences as they adjust to the workplace and learn the social norms of organizational life.

Power Point is the ubiquitous that is used towards business, industry and education. David Weightman talks about features from Power Point that will enable you to create more effective presentations.