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University of Wollongong

2016

Engineering

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Exploring Structure And Role Of Engineering Asset Management System In Production Organizations, Khaled O. El-Akruti, Richard Dwight, Tieling Zhang Jan 2016

Exploring Structure And Role Of Engineering Asset Management System In Production Organizations, Khaled O. El-Akruti, Richard Dwight, Tieling Zhang

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

Little has been done in literature on the structure of Engineering Asset Management System (EAMS) and its relationship to production and organizational strategy. In this paper, the position of an EAMS within an organizational structure and its strategic role within a production organizations strategy has been explored. It is argued that the structure and mechanism of EAMS play a key role in directing the production process and linking to the organizational strategy: the absence or inadequacies of asset-related activities cause insufficient production performance that negatively impacts the strategic achievement. Production Actions are mapped with reference to the activities of the …


Addressing Misconceptions About Engineering Through Student-Industry Interaction In A Video-Augmented 3d Immersive Virtual World, Sasha Nikolic, Thomas Goldfinch, Mark Jian Wei Lee, Christian H. Ritz Jan 2016

Addressing Misconceptions About Engineering Through Student-Industry Interaction In A Video-Augmented 3d Immersive Virtual World, Sasha Nikolic, Thomas Goldfinch, Mark Jian Wei Lee, Christian H. Ritz

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

A key goal of engineering education is to ensure students are adequately prepared to enter professional practice. Unfortunately, students have been found to bring to university significant misconceptions about the types of work engineers perform, which can have an adverse impact on their readiness to fully appreciate and benefit from course activities. This paper presents a case study of how iSee, a collaborative online platform that allows for video conferencing within a three-dimensional immersive virtual world, was used to host a careers fair event in which students learned about the engineering profession and about the various engineering majors available to …