Revitalizing Achievement by using Instrumentation in Science Education
Project RAISE—Career
Day Program
A National Science
Foundation Supported Project
AGENDA
Dr. Noel N. Kriftcher,
Executive Director,
Ms.
Frances Capuana, Executive
Director, Career and Technical
Education, New York City Department of Education
9:20 am Introduction to Mechanical
Engineering
Prof. Volkan Otugen
9:45 am Introduction to Civil
Engineering
Prof. Magued Iskander
10:15 am Visits to Laboratories
ME Labs
A. RH 413 Materials Prof.
Said Nourbakhsh
B. RH 509C Race Car Prof. Vikram
Kapila
C. RH 514B Robotics Prof. Vikram
Kapila
CE Labs
D. RH 415
Soil Mechanics Prof. Magued Iskander
E. RH 415 Structures Prof. Magued Iskander
CE Labs
A. RH 415 Soil Mechanics Prof. Iskander
B.
RH 415 Structures
Prof. Iskander
ME Labs
C. RH 413 Materials Prof. Nourbakhsh
D. RH 509C Race Car Prof. Kapila
E. RH 514B Robotics Prof. Kapila
Note: Each student
is expected to follow his assigned program and visit one Civil Engineering
laboratory and one Mechanical Engineering laboratory.
11:30 am Luncheon --Regna Lounge
Master of Ceremonies: Dr. Vikram Kapila
Meet Engineering Professionals from Industry
1.
Franck
Rougier,
Director of Engineering/Global IT Manager, NABS, Inc.
2.
Andy Woo, Associate Engineer,
Distribution Engineering, Network Systems, Consolidated Edison, Company
3.
Kangpin Tee, Symbol Technologies
4.
Walid Aboumoussa,
Senior Engineer, Antonucci & Associates
Support provided by The New York City Department of Education, Office of Career
and Technical Education
Co-Principal Investigators for
Project RAISE: Prof. Vikram Kapila,
Prof. Magued Iskander, Prof. Noel Kriftcher
Special thanks to RAISE Fellows: Nerik Yakubov, Dong-Young Ko, Meetu Walia and Artyr Nisonov
and to ME Dept. Assistants: Sang-Hoon (Nathan) Lee, Hong Wong, Anshuman Panda, Saul Harari, Pawan Kumar Bhagavatula and Rishi Raj