The Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BASED ON TECHNOLOGY VALUE CHAIN-CASE STUDY: RESERVOIR ENGINEERING IN GAS INDUSTRYENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH BASED ON TECHNOLOGY VALUE CHAIN-CASE STUDY: RESERVOIR ENGINEERING IN GAS INDUSTRY11812754610.22047/ijee.2021.215289.1714FAReza AzinDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering, Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, IranJournal Article20200111The classic approach in engineering education starts with basic definitions, principles, mathematical modeling and formulation of an individual course and is well documented in textbooks. New engineering problems are normally beyond a course or an engineering area and graduates need to involve in a multidisciplinary team to analyze and solve these problems. To prepare for this team collaboration, students need to get familiar with an integrated education and research approach during their studies, as well as sensitivity analysis, interdisciplinary thinking, and understanding the value chain. In this approach, the instructor raises applied research questions and problems while presenting the course curriculum in association with broader engineering and technology value chain. In this paper, first the importance of a converging view in engineering education is presented. Then, by focusing on reservoir engineering course as part of the petroleum engineering curriculum, the technology chain of gas industry is described. Next, the link between topics of this course with such areas as chemical engineering, process design, is clarified. After that, real cases are presented to further discuss on the link between reservoir engineering and fluid flow hydrodynamics, carbonated reservoirs, engineering science history, intelligent techniques, and engineering mathematics. In each case study, the student becomes familiar with the output of research studies related to the subject and learns inherently the research methodology in engineering. The presented examples cover the reservoir engineering and value-chain topics from reservoir to refinery. The engineering education aligned with research empowers the student in integrated thinking, understanding different features of new reservoir engineering problems and reservoir economy.The classic approach in engineering education starts with basic definitions, principles, mathematical modeling and formulation of an individual course and is well documented in textbooks. New engineering problems are normally beyond a course or an engineering area and graduates need to involve in a multidisciplinary team to analyze and solve these problems. To prepare for this team collaboration, students need to get familiar with an integrated education and research approach during their studies, as well as sensitivity analysis, interdisciplinary thinking, and understanding the value chain. In this approach, the instructor raises applied research questions and problems while presenting the course curriculum in association with broader engineering and technology value chain. In this paper, first the importance of a converging view in engineering education is presented. Then, by focusing on reservoir engineering course as part of the petroleum engineering curriculum, the technology chain of gas industry is described. Next, the link between topics of this course with such areas as chemical engineering, process design, is clarified. After that, real cases are presented to further discuss on the link between reservoir engineering and fluid flow hydrodynamics, carbonated reservoirs, engineering science history, intelligent techniques, and engineering mathematics. In each case study, the student becomes familiar with the output of research studies related to the subject and learns inherently the research methodology in engineering. The presented examples cover the reservoir engineering and value-chain topics from reservoir to refinery. The engineering education aligned with research empowers the student in integrated thinking, understanding different features of new reservoir engineering problems and reservoir economy.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_127546_7d484877a845756ddd7e8784e6ea9757.pdfThe Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522DESIGNING A COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING BASED ON THE NEEDS
OF THE LABOR MARKETDESIGNING A COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT MODEL FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING BASED ON THE NEEDS
OF THE LABOR MARKET194112986810.22047/ijee.2021.254958.1791FAEbrahim Salehi OmranProfessor, Department of Education,Faculty of Humanity & Social Science, University of MazandaranFarnaz EinkhahDepartment of education science of mazandaran university0000-0002-0110-9118Journal Article20201029The purpose of this study is to design a competency model for civil engineering based on the needs of the labor market. The research was conducted using the dominant exploratory sequential mixed method. The research included collecting and analyzing qualitative data by content analysis and mapping, holding DACUM workshops with experts and collecting and analyzing quantitative data to validate competencies. Quantitative data analysis was performed using inferential descriptive statistics (Friedman mean and mean rank) using SPSS Ver 24. In this study targeted and snowball sampling methods have been used. Competency components were identified and prioritized, and a competency model and a competency evaluation model were presented. The results show that specialized knowledge (engineering and technology, construction, mathematics and design) along with computer and electronics, English, government law, customer service are in the first priority of knowledge competencies. Practical skills (mathematics, science, monitoring, human resource management, material and financial) and cognitive skills (critical thinking, problem solving, comprehension, operations analysis and systems) are also important to meet the needs of the labor market. To evaluate the components of knowledge: written test and project, practical skills: functional written test, identification, and work sample, cognitive components: emotional and cognitive tests were suggested.The purpose of this study is to design a competency model for civil engineering based on the needs of the labor market. The research was conducted using the dominant exploratory sequential mixed method. The research included collecting and analyzing qualitative data by content analysis and mapping, holding DACUM workshops with experts and collecting and analyzing quantitative data to validate competencies. Quantitative data analysis was performed using inferential descriptive statistics (Friedman mean and mean rank) using SPSS Ver 24. In this study targeted and snowball sampling methods have been used. Competency components were identified and prioritized, and a competency model and a competency evaluation model were presented. The results show that specialized knowledge (engineering and technology, construction, mathematics and design) along with computer and electronics, English, government law, customer service are in the first priority of knowledge competencies. Practical skills (mathematics, science, monitoring, human resource management, material and financial) and cognitive skills (critical thinking, problem solving, comprehension, operations analysis and systems) are also important to meet the needs of the labor market. To evaluate the components of knowledge: written test and project, practical skills: functional written test, identification, and work sample, cognitive components: emotional and cognitive tests were suggested.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_129868_2f6f2b0857761b98a4ec4c7cdb13cb37.pdfThe Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522ANALYSIS OF INTERNSHIP COURSES IN TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING FIELDS USING GROUNDED THEORYANALYSIS OF INTERNSHIP COURSES IN TECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING FIELDS USING GROUNDED THEORY436412754710.22047/ijee.2021.251111.1782FAAmin SeyyednosratiGraduated from the PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of TehranAli MohammadzadehGraduated from Tehran University, PhD in ManagementHamed AbdollahnejadPhD student in Nuclear Engineering, Amirkabir UniversityRahmat Sotudeh Gharebaghprofessor of chemical engineering,university of tehran0000-0002-1671-3385Journal Article20201003The lack of empirical vision in the graduates and the lack of skills necessary to be effective in their jobs, puts a lot of criticism on the educational programs of universities. Internships with the aim of filling this gap have been included in the subject of technical and engineering courses, but so far it has not been able to achieve its goals at the desired level. The purpose of this study is to analyze internships and explain the factors affecting the productivity of these courses. The statistical sample of this study, which was selected as a snowball, is made up of university faculty members, industrialists, and students with internships. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data and the Grounded theory was used to analyze them. Finally, 16 categories were counted after two coding steps and then, using axial coding, the categories in the form of axial phenomena. Causal, contextual, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences emerged in the selective coding stage, the narration of the categories was done around the central phenomenon, and at the end, and suggestions were made to increase the productivity of the internships.The lack of empirical vision in the graduates and the lack of skills necessary to be effective in their jobs, puts a lot of criticism on the educational programs of universities. Internships with the aim of filling this gap have been included in the subject of technical and engineering courses, but so far it has not been able to achieve its goals at the desired level. The purpose of this study is to analyze internships and explain the factors affecting the productivity of these courses. The statistical sample of this study, which was selected as a snowball, is made up of university faculty members, industrialists, and students with internships. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data and the Grounded theory was used to analyze them. Finally, 16 categories were counted after two coding steps and then, using axial coding, the categories in the form of axial phenomena. Causal, contextual, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences emerged in the selective coding stage, the narration of the categories was done around the central phenomenon, and at the end, and suggestions were made to increase the productivity of the internships.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_127547_96d6d4122d3e1f4653ffb0a9f8011e38.pdfThe Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522EVALUATION THE EFFECT OF APPLYING TRIZ METHOD ON CREATIVITY AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PRODUCT REDESIGN TRAINING BY
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTSEVALUATION THE EFFECT OF APPLYING TRIZ METHOD ON CREATIVITY AND CONCEPTUALIZATION OF PRODUCT REDESIGN TRAINING BY
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTS658512687810.22047/ijee.2021.247595.1777FAZahra MerrikhpourFaculty Member, Industrial Design Department, Art and Architecture Faculty, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.Vahid ChoopankarehUniversity of Tehran, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Industrial Design0000-0001-7706-1475Shabnam SamieiMaster of Industrial Design Student, Alzahra University, Tehran, IranJournal Article20200911In today’s world of design, creativity is an indispensable skill for designers and part of the educational process of industrial design students. One of the challenges in design education is to understand the concept of creativity for students and to guide them in using various approaches as an effective tool in design. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative efficacy of using creative TRIZ method by industrial design students in product design based on 40 creative principles, its parameters and contradiction matrix. It is hypothesized that contrary to popular belief that most people feel that innovation is based on emotion and instinct, the main hypothesis in using this method is that creativity can be taught. To address this hypothesis, 20 undergraduate industrial design students at 6th semesters, were selected in the course of Creativity Project. They were asked to conceptualize and redesign their selected products based on 40 creativity principles and TRIZ Contradiction Matrix. The results show that applying the TRIZ method had a positive effect on students’ ability to analyze the product design process, leading to exact understanding of the problem, generating newer solutions, and enhancing creativity in ideation. Based on the obtained results, teaching this method and its practical application in the product design process is recommended. In this method, using the paper pen method in recording ideas made it possible to understand and make the method more effective.Keywords: Personal knowledge management, employability, students, engineering education, academi achivement.In today’s world of design, creativity is an indispensable skill for designers and part of the educational process of industrial design students. One of the challenges in design education is to understand the concept of creativity for students and to guide them in using various approaches as an effective tool in design. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative efficacy of using creative TRIZ method by industrial design students in product design based on 40 creative principles, its parameters and contradiction matrix. It is hypothesized that contrary to popular belief that most people feel that innovation is based on emotion and instinct, the main hypothesis in using this method is that creativity can be taught. To address this hypothesis, 20 undergraduate industrial design students at 6th semesters, were selected in the course of Creativity Project. They were asked to conceptualize and redesign their selected products based on 40 creativity principles and TRIZ Contradiction Matrix. The results show that applying the TRIZ method had a positive effect on students’ ability to analyze the product design process, leading to exact understanding of the problem, generating newer solutions, and enhancing creativity in ideation. Based on the obtained results, teaching this method and its practical application in the product design process is recommended. In this method, using the paper pen method in recording ideas made it possible to understand and make the method more effective.Keywords: Personal knowledge management, employability, students, engineering education, academi achivement.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_126878_f58c9669b583cf0a92da401405c1d9ed.pdfThe Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR BRANDING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY USING LANCASTER AND KURT RAIL MODELS (CASE STUDY OF SHARIF
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR BRANDING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY USING LANCASTER AND KURT RAIL MODELS (CASE STUDY OF SHARIF
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)8711212986310.22047/ijee.2021.233965.1749FAKhalil GholamiAssociate professor of Educational Planning University of Kurdistan. Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kurdistan University. khalil.gholami@gmail.comNematollah AziziProfessor of Educational Planning. . Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kurdistan University. E-mail: nematollah.azizi@gmail.com.Journal Article20200622The purpose of this study is to provide a framework for branding a technical university using the Lancaster and Kurt rail models. The research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive in terms of data collection method and field in terms of implementation. The research sample is selected by purposive sampling method and includes 23 people. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview. The research results show that university branding includes three concepts of identification, goal setting and response. Each concept has three categories, main, real and value added. For each category, one or more variables are presented. In the sense of brand identity, it is legally unique and has an independent identity in a competitive market. The main category includes naming, the actual category includes the logo and the value-added category includes university missions. The concept of purpose includes the services and products of the university and its requirements. The main category includes products or services and students, the real category includes staff and faculty, the added target category includes marketing and graduates. The concept of answer is to interpret the market performance of the university brand in the market. The main category includes the fastest person, the real category includes the image or perception of the person and the value added category includes the core value of the university brand. In the following, the strategies obtained for branding technical universities are categorized.The purpose of this study is to provide a framework for branding a technical university using the Lancaster and Kurt rail models. The research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive in terms of data collection method and field in terms of implementation. The research sample is selected by purposive sampling method and includes 23 people. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview. The research results show that university branding includes three concepts of identification, goal setting and response. Each concept has three categories, main, real and value added. For each category, one or more variables are presented. In the sense of brand identity, it is legally unique and has an independent identity in a competitive market. The main category includes naming, the actual category includes the logo and the value-added category includes university missions. The concept of purpose includes the services and products of the university and its requirements. The main category includes products or services and students, the real category includes staff and faculty, the added target category includes marketing and graduates. The concept of answer is to interpret the market performance of the university brand in the market. The main category includes the fastest person, the real category includes the image or perception of the person and the value added category includes the core value of the university brand. In the following, the strategies obtained for branding technical universities are categorized.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_129863_401eeacf221fa93c4e46c394fdaaa0b1.pdfThe Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF FLIPPED METHOD IN
ONLINE COURSE ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING AND SATISFACTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC-
A CASE STUDY: TECHNICAL ENGLISH COURSE
FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING (B.S.INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF FLIPPED METHOD IN
ONLINE COURSE ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING AND SATISFACTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC-
A CASE STUDY: TECHNICAL ENGLISH COURSE
FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING (B.S.11313212687710.22047/ijee.2021.241332.1763FASomayeh MollaeiDepartment of Civil Engineering, university of Bonab, East Azerbaijan, Iran.0000-0001-6592-179XZahra Fakher AjabshirDepartment of Islamic Studies and General Courses0000-0002-9191-3934Journal Article20200727One of the barriers to deep learning of undergraduate students is their passive role in the classroom. Especially, in the compulsory online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, students are less active compared with face-to-face classes. Here, the effect of online flipped classrooms on the learning and satisfaction of undergraduate civil engineering students was investigated. A semi-experimental study was conducted with 35 civil engineering students who took technical language course at University of Bonab. The same course, which was previously presented by the same instructor using a traditional lecture-based method, was selected as the control group to compare the results. The data obtained from the scores of quizzes and final exams as well as the questionnaires completed by the students were analyzed statistically, and the results indicated that in the initial sessions, the mean scores of the quizzes in the flipped method did not differ significantly from those of the traditional class. In the flipped online class, there was a statistically significant difference between the results of the initial quizzes compared to the subsequent ones. Although the scores of the subsequent quizzes and the final exam in the flipped class were higher than those obtained in the traditional class, it was statistically insignificant. The students’ statements indicated their satisfaction with the online class using flipped model compared to their other traditional online classes. However, there were some objections to the online flipped class, which were often due to lack of experience of the students and the instructor in using the method in cyberspace.Keywords: Personal knowledge management, employability, students, engineering education, academi achivement.One of the barriers to deep learning of undergraduate students is their passive role in the classroom. Especially, in the compulsory online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, students are less active compared with face-to-face classes. Here, the effect of online flipped classrooms on the learning and satisfaction of undergraduate civil engineering students was investigated. A semi-experimental study was conducted with 35 civil engineering students who took technical language course at University of Bonab. The same course, which was previously presented by the same instructor using a traditional lecture-based method, was selected as the control group to compare the results. The data obtained from the scores of quizzes and final exams as well as the questionnaires completed by the students were analyzed statistically, and the results indicated that in the initial sessions, the mean scores of the quizzes in the flipped method did not differ significantly from those of the traditional class. In the flipped online class, there was a statistically significant difference between the results of the initial quizzes compared to the subsequent ones. Although the scores of the subsequent quizzes and the final exam in the flipped class were higher than those obtained in the traditional class, it was statistically insignificant. The students’ statements indicated their satisfaction with the online class using flipped model compared to their other traditional online classes. However, there were some objections to the online flipped class, which were often due to lack of experience of the students and the instructor in using the method in cyberspace.Keywords: Personal knowledge management, employability, students, engineering education, academi achivement.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_126877_2927e85997995feda9d41602e4483a70.pdfThe Academy of Sciences of I. R. of IranIranian Journal of Engineering Education1607-2316238920210522IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE STRATEGIC DRIVERS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY USING
BY CROSS IMPACT ANALYSIS APPROACHIDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE STRATEGIC DRIVERS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITY USING
BY CROSS IMPACT ANALYSIS APPROACH13315612775910.22047/ijee.2021.264839.1808FASamaneh MohammadpourDepartment of Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Sistan and Baluchestan UniversityHabibollah SalarzehiAssociate Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Sistan and Baluchestan UniversityAmin Reza KamalianProfessor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Sistan and Baluchestan UniversityNoor Mohammad YaghoubiProfessor, Department of Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Sistan and Baluchestan UniversityMohamad MehdiDepartment of finance Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Sistan and Baluchestan UniversityJournal Article20201229The main purpose of the research was to identify the strategic drivers affecting on the future of the entrepreneurial university and design its scenarios using the futures study approach using combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In order to collect information, first review of the theoretical literature was done, then using Fuzzy Delphi method in two rounds, key factors affecting the future of entrepreneurial university were identified. In this section, 51 factors were identified, which were classified into16 categories. The members of Fuzzy Delphi panel in this study were experts in the field of management, entrepreneurship and futures studies of higher education who were selected using judgmental sampling and snowball sampling methods. In order to analyze the data, a futures study toolbox including Fuzzy Delphi, trend analysis, cross impact analysis and scenario planning has been used. The concepts extracted from the Fuzzy Delphi method were analyzed by the interaction analysis method. The four drivers of government strategic policies, development of open innovation, market-oriented governance model, emphasis on sustainable development were identified as strategic variables. Then, using the scenario writing method were analyzed and three scenarios for each of the variables, four scenarios with strong compatibility were presented as the future scenarios of the entrepreneur university.The main purpose of the research was to identify the strategic drivers affecting on the future of the entrepreneurial university and design its scenarios using the futures study approach using combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. In order to collect information, first review of the theoretical literature was done, then using Fuzzy Delphi method in two rounds, key factors affecting the future of entrepreneurial university were identified. In this section, 51 factors were identified, which were classified into16 categories. The members of Fuzzy Delphi panel in this study were experts in the field of management, entrepreneurship and futures studies of higher education who were selected using judgmental sampling and snowball sampling methods. In order to analyze the data, a futures study toolbox including Fuzzy Delphi, trend analysis, cross impact analysis and scenario planning has been used. The concepts extracted from the Fuzzy Delphi method were analyzed by the interaction analysis method. The four drivers of government strategic policies, development of open innovation, market-oriented governance model, emphasis on sustainable development were identified as strategic variables. Then, using the scenario writing method were analyzed and three scenarios for each of the variables, four scenarios with strong compatibility were presented as the future scenarios of the entrepreneur university.https://ijee.ias.ac.ir/article_127759_6ca250f763539068010a1ff52a844f2e.pdf