Revitalizing
Achievement by using Instrumentation in
Science Education
Project RAISE Engineering
Career Day Program
A National Science Foundation-Supported GK12
Project
See Pictures of the Event HERE!
AGENDA
Dr. Noel N. Kriftcher, Executive Director
Alliances,
Ms. Cynthia Fowlkes, Director, Career
And
Technical Education,
Department
of Education
9:20 am Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Volken Otugen
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9:55 am Introduction to Civil Engineering
Prof. Magued Iskander
10:30 am Visits to Laboratories
ME
Labs
A. RH 413 Materials Prof. Nikhil Gupta
B. RH 514 B Mechatronics Prof. Vikram Kapila
CE
Labs
C. RH 415 Soil
Mechanics Prof. Magued Iskander
D. RH 413 Structures Prof. Magued Iskander
11:05
am Visits to Laboratories
CE Labs
A. RH 415 Soil
Mechanics Prof.
Magued Iskander
B. RH 413 Structures Prof. Magued
Iskander
ME Labs
C. RH 413 Materials Prof. Nikhil
Gupta
D. RH 514 B Mechatronics Prof. Vikram Kapila
Note: Each student will follow his assigned program
and visit one Civil Engineering laboratory and one Mechanical Engineering
laboratory.
11:45
am Luncheon --Regna
Lounge
Master of
Ceremonies: Dr. Vikram Kapila
Kenneth Jack, Section Manager, Substation Planning
Consolidated
Edison Company
Mr. Jack is a graduate of Polytechnic
University, having earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 1997.
Frank Rougier, Director of Engineering and IT,
NABS, Inc.
Mr. Rouger is a graduate of
Lunch
provided thanks to 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,
2005-06: Nerik Yakubov, Meetu Walia, David Chen, Artyr Nisonov, Elissa Seideman,
Siu Kei (Edwin) Yu, Ilya Zarankin, Sookram Sobhan, Robert Mcgee, Chris Wilkins,
William Kok, Arsen Zavlyanov
and
to ME Dept. Assistants: Sang-Hoon (Nathan) Lee and Anshuman Panda.