Este trabalho pretende aclarar a participação de engenheiros e artífices alemães, na construção da cidade de São Paulo, entre 1820 e 1860. Para tanto, foram utilizados documentos referentes à imigração e obras públicas, como fontes principais da pesquisa. A imigração de povos germânicos para São Paulo teve três momentos importantes, até meados do século XIX. A primeira entrada de imigrantes alemães ocorreu em 1828 e foi subsidiada pelo governo imperial. Tinha por objetivo colonizar o interior, próximo à capital. A imigração de 1838, organizada por João Bloem e financiada pelo governo provincial, tinha o intuito de trazer artífices para construção de estradas e para trabalhar na siderúrgica de Ipanema, em Araçoiaba da Serra. Naquela ocasião, pretendeu-se montar uma companhia de operários, com esses profissionais. A terceira fase do processo imigratório de povos germânicos se deu na década de 1850, quando o governo provincial auxiliou financeiramente a Casa Vergueiro, para angariar agricultores, para as fazendas do interior do estado, e artífices, para montar a segunda companhia de operários da construção civil da província. Esses profissionais foram protagonistas da construção da cidade de São Paulo, na década de 1850, período em que se investiu consideravelmente em reformas urbanas na capital. Em termos quantitativos, é expressivo o número de alemães que atuaram na década de 1850 em São Paulo, no ramo da construção civil, trazendo melhoramentos urbanos importantes. O que de relevante foi feito nesse período, tanto no âmbito da infraestrutura urbana, como em arquitetura ou projeto, teve participação fundamental desse grupo de imigrantes. Podemos afirmar que engenheiros e artífices alemães atuaram em todos os setores da construção civil, em São Paulo, elaborando mapas da cidade, projetando edifícios públicos, propondo novas soluções para o abastecimento de água, construindo pontes, ou simplesmente trabalhando como artífices tecnicamente bem preparados. / This work intends to elucidate the participation of the German engineers and artificers in the edification of the city of São Paulo since 1820 to 1860. The main sources of the research were documents relating to immigration and public works. The immigration of the German people to São Paulo had three important moments, until the middle of the XIX century. The first German immigrants entrance happened in 1828 and was subsidized by the imperial government. It had the intent of colonizing the country - side close to the capital. The immigration of 1838, organized by João Bloem and supported by the provincial government had the purpose of bringing artificers for the construction of roads and to work in Ipanema siderurgy in Araçoiaba da Serra. At the time there was a plan of organizing a company of workers with these professionals. The third phase of the immigratory process of the German people happened in the decade of 1850, when the provincial government helped financially the Vergueiro House to recruit agricultural workers for the farms in the country - side of the state and artificers to organize the second company of civil architecture workers of the province. These professionals were the protagonists of the edification of the city of São Paulo in the decade of 1850, a time of great investments in urban reformation in the capital. In quantitative terms it is expressive the number of German workers who actuated in the decade of 1850 in São Paulo in the branch of civil architecture bringing important urban improvements. The participation of this group of immigrants in urban substructure, architecture and project in this period was considerable. We can asseverate that German engineers and artificers acted in all branches of civil architecture in São Paulo, elaborating maps of the city, projecting public buildings, presenting new solutions for the water provision, building bridges, or just working as artificers technically well prepared.

Este trabalho se propõe a abordar a construção de um conjunto de estratégias voltadas ao desenvolvimento econômico do estado de Minas Gerais a partir, especialmente, do início do século XX e sobretudo da atuação de uma elite tecno-burocrata que, originalmente, foi composta pelos engenheiros formados pela Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto e, posteriormente, por engenheiros formados principalmente pela Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais e, por fim, pelos economistas graduados pela Faculdade de Administração e Ciências Econômicas da mesma universidade. Procura, neste sentido, discutir a possibilidade de ter surgido, em Minas, agenda dedicada ao planejamento da economia e à intervenção por parte do poder público já desde o princípio do século XX. Nela, elementos como a modernização agrícola, a diversificação produtiva, o ensino técnico e profissionalizante, a exploração mineral e a implantação da grande siderurgia forjaram uma consciência regional que percebia, no Estado, seu formulador, organizador e financiador primordial e, notadamente no corpo técnico, seu mais perfeito executor. O trabalho também procura abordar como essa consciência regional se constrói na oposição estabelecida com países ou regiões desenvolvidas, pautando as estratégias regionais sempre por constante e reafirmada avaliação de atraso relativo da economia mineira. Discorre sobre os mecanismos de mobilização desta agenda, por meio da análise de planos regionais de desenvolvimento que se sucedem entre as décadas de 1930 e 1960, bem como sobre as estratégias estabelecidas pelo corpo técnico encetam transformações no percurso da construção política do desenvolvimento econômico regional. Aborda, por conseguinte, as próprias nervuras deste corpo técnico, intentando percebê-lo em suas contradições e, sobretudo, nas articulações institucionais que sustentam suas atuações e suas leituras sobre o desenvolvimento regional. Para tanto, baseia o trabalho em pesquisa bibliográfica atinente ao tema estudado e no aparato documental compilado e analisado referências apresentadas ao final deste volume. / This work discusses the construction of a set of strategies focused on economic development of the state of Minas Gerais, especially after the start of the 20th century, and above all, the work of a techno-bureaucratic elite that was originally composed of engineers with degrees from Escola de Minas de Ouro Preto (Ouro Preto School of Mines), and later, of engineers mainly from the Engineering School at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and finally, of economists with degrees from the Business Management and Accounting College of that same university. The work examines the possibility that an agenda dedicated to economic planning and to government intervention since the beginning of the 20th century may have arisen in Minas. In it, elements like agricultural modernization, diversification of production, technical and professional teaching, mineral exploration and the implementation of a major steelmaking industry forged a regional consciousness that saw, in the State, its primary formulator, organizer and financier, and notably in its technical corps, it most perfect executor. This study also examines how this regional awareness is built in the opposition established with developed counties or regions, guiding regional strategies by a constant and reaffirmed evaluation of the relative backwardness of the economy in Minas. It discusses the mechanisms for mobilization of this agenda, through the analysis of successive regional development plans between the 1930s and 1960s, and how the strategies established by the technical corps inaugurating transformations into the path of political construction of the regional economic development. Finally, it examines the very nerves of this technical corps, attempting to see their contradictions, and above, all, their institutional articulations that serve as the basis for their activity and their reading on regional development. To achieve this, the work is based on bibliographic research of the topic studied and on the documents compiled and analyzed, with references presented at the end of this volume.

Management of an engineering consultancy unit in the Eastern Cape Province is concerned about the costs incurred by project managers and specialist engineers pursuing tender opportunities that are not feasible. Annual losses in this unit due to unsuccessful tenders amounts to R2,5 million annually, which equates to about 12% of the revenue generated by the unit. The aim of the research study is to assist the consulting engineering firm by investigating and identifying the key determinants for making the decision of whether to bid on a particular tender opportunity. The study includes an assessment of relevant literature, academia and text to investigate key factors that could influence the decision to bid on tenders from which research questions and appropriate theories were drawn. Based on the research questions and theories that emanated from the literature, the study also includes the assessment of primary data through the administration of a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire is empirically analysed within the positivistic research paradigm through the use of descriptive and inferential statistics. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made based on the findings of the administered questionnaire.

Subtractive manufacturing are the most common methods in the aerospace industry to manufacture components. In these parts the buy to fly ratio is low and it needs accurate strengths analyses to static and dynamic loads especially were the different parts relate to each other with fasteners in the assembly work. Additive manufacturing has now been developed to be of such quality that the aerospace industry see the potential to use the technology in their production of parts. It has been possible to make them lighter, stronger and reduce the total amount of parts in an assembly. This mean probably some changes to the stakeholders in the process of their product development. Engineers who are working on the products will need to face the design aspects and restrictions with AM to choose the right component/sub-assemblies to convert to AM parts. This thesis will address the possibility to redesign a wing rudder and to get some knowledge about the engineer’s point of view of AM and how it may affect them. Today there are several aerospace industries adopting AM and get airworthy components to less critical parts as brackets but also parts in the engines as the fuel nozzle in an Airbus (Trimble, 2016). For larger parts, there have also been studies to use AM for example internal galley partition but the result is it will take too long time to print by todays machines. There are several different methods for AM and Powder Bed System is popular in the aerospace industry according to its geometrical correctness to the CAD model (Dordlofva, Lindwall, & Törlind, 2016). Commercial aircrafts industry starts to get harder regulations for their emissions to get lighter planes and less air resistance. AM open up the possibilities to meet these requirements by producing parts which was impossible to produce before. The design process for AM design today are not fully known yet, which leave a lot to imagination. There are general design rules on how to design for AM build but it does not necessary mean the part will be correctly built. There are several cost driven aspects with AM, the most expensive part is the print time but there are different aspects to. For example, CNC machining may be needed after the AM build and add cost for subtractive manufacturing. Interviews with engineer’s groups have been made to conduct their thoughts and knowledge of AM and how it may affect their work. Some uncertainties were mentioned and it was most focused on the process and the reliability of the finished part. The engineers think the design process will be almost the same and only change boundary conditions. To get ideas, a workshop was made with some design guidelines for development of different designs on the wing rudder and to bring positive and negative aspects to the design. An overall cost calculation was made for a few parts and the result shows that it is hard to compete with the design of the wing rudder today. The most important aspects for a success of AM is the print speed, qualified manufacturing processes and CAD software support for the engineers. / Flygindustrin använder sig främst av subtraktiv bearbetning i sin framställning av de olika komponenterna till ett flygplan. Det blir då ofta en väldigt låg grad av materialutnyttjande, endast några procent återstår av det inköpta utgångsmaterialet. Till det tillkommer monteringsarbete och noggranna hållfasthetsanalyser, både statisk och utmatningshållfasthet av sammanbyggda skarvar där fästelement är en del. Den additiva tillverkningen har nu utvecklats och visat sig inneha kvalitéer för att klara kraven som ställs i flygindustrin. Det kan göra detaljerna lättare, starkare och minska antalet komponenter i monteringsarbetet. Det kan innebära en hel del förändringar för olika intressenter som får börja tänka annorlunda. Ingenjörer som arbetar med produktframtagning kommer att ställas inför utmaningen att applicera denna teknik på lämpliga delar/delkonstruktioner. Detta examensarbetet undersöker möjligheten att designa ett vingroder till ett flygplan och bilda en uppfattning om ingenjörernas förtroende för additiv tillverkning samt hur det kommer påverka dem. Det finns idag flera flygindustrier som har påbörjat att ta fram flygvärdiga komponenter, framförallt mindre kritiska fästelement men även en del artiklar i motorer så som bränslemunstycke hos Airbus (Trimble, 2016). De har analyserat möjligheten att använda additiv tillverkning på större artiklar såsom inre kabinstruktur men har kommit fram till att det tar för lång tid att tillverka med dagens maskiner. Det finns flertalet olika additiva tillverkningsmetoder men den som står ut är pulverbäddskrivaren då den har en bättre geometrisk korrekthet gentemot CAD modellen (Dordlofva, Lindwall, & Törlind, 2016). Nya reglementen för utsläpp i den komersiella flygindustrin pressar företagen att bygga bättre flygplan som är lättare och därmed får mindre luftmotstånd. Designprocessen för additiv tillverkning är inte given då det inte finns några givna processer som täcker hela processen. Det finns generella design-riktlinjer i vad de olika maskinerna klarar av att bygga, men samtidigt är det ingen garanti att genom att följa dessa riktlinjer skapa en fungerande design. Det finns flera olika kostnadsdrivande aspekter med additiv tillverkning. Det som mest driver kostnaden idag är den låga skrivarhastigheten. Andra kosnadsdrivare är om det tillkommer efterarbete för att uppfylla toleranser eller få en korrekt / plan sammanfogningsyta. Arbetet har utförts med intervjuer av ingenjörsgrupper för att skapa en uppfatting om deras syn på additiv tillverkning och hur det skulle ändra deras arbete. En viss osäkerhet förekom men det berodde framförallt på osäkerheten för säkring av processen, dvs tillverkningsprocessen och att kunna vara säker på att detaljen håller måttet. De ansåg att designprocessen inte skulle förändras så mycket, utan bara att randvillkoren skulle ändras. Utifrån workshops och designriktlinjer har koncept tagits fram och utvärderats med för och nackdelar. En översiktlig kostnadskalkyl har gjorts som visar på att det blir svårt att designa roder som en större enhet för additiv tillvekning som är ekonomiskt jämförbart med dagens tillverkingsmetoder. De viktigaste framgångsfaktorerna för additiv tillverkning är ökad skrivarhastighet, kvalificering av tillverkningsprocesserna och CAD stöd för ingenjörerna.

Orientador: Maria Ângela Miorim / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T11:08:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pinto_AndreRobertoDaSilva_M.pdf: 1958704 bytes, checksum: ce809777642fd9ff06b9450e3430f4e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: O objetivo central desta investigação foi estudar as características da formação de engenheiros civis-professores de matemática, pela Escola de Engenharia de Pernambuco, entre finais do século XIX e inícios do século XX. Pautados em autores da História Cultural, especialmente em Carlo Ginzburg, buscamos rastros, no sentido atribuído por este autor, que nos ajudaram a construir "o fio do relato" e a nos orientar "no labirinto da realidade" (GINZBURG, 2007, p. 7). Para compor o fio das narrativas, utilizamos rastros deixados em diversos tipos de documentos, como livros, entrevistas, artigos, textos oficiais e escolares, encontrados em diferentes lugares de memória. Os rastros encontrados nos levaram à produção de três textos independentes, que não têm como fio condutor a cronologia. No primeiro deles, adentramos no universo da engenharia no Brasil, buscando identificar tipos diferentes de formação de engenheiros. No segundo texto, composto de duas partes, apresentamos duas narrativas históricas, uma centrada em memórias institucionais e outra em memórias de alguns personagens que fizeram parte do cotidiano da Escola de Engenharia de Pernambuco. O terceiro texto centra sua atenção nas discussões teórico-filosóficas que ocorriam nas primeiras décadas do século XX, particularmente, na visão de Luiz de Barros Freire, que foi aluno, professor e diretor da EEP / Abstract: The central objective of this investigation was to study the characteristics of engineers civil-math teachers¿ formation, by Engineering School of Pernambuco State, during the late 19th century and early 20th century. Based on authors of Cultural History, especially Carlo Ginzburg, we look for traces, in the sense attributed by this author, who helped us to build "thread of narration" and guided us "in the labyrinth of reality" (GINZBURG, 2012, p. 1). To compose the thread of the narrative, we use traces left in several types of documents, such as books, interviews, articles, official and educational texts, found in different places of memory. These traces led us to produce three independent texts, which do not have chronology as their guiding principle. In the first one, we enter the universe of engineering in Brazil, seeking to identify different types of training to engineers. The second text, composed of two parts, we present two historical narratives, one centered on institutional memories and the other on memories of some characters who were part of the daily life of the Engineering School. The third text focuses on theoretical-philosophical discussions that occurred in the first decades of the 20th century, particularly, in the vision of Luiz de Barros Freire, who was a student, a teacher and Director of the EEP / Mestrado / Ensino e Práticas Culturais / Mestre em Educação / CAPES

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Lorsque la Colombie s’émancipe de la Couronne d’Espagne en 1819, elle doit consolider son indépendance et faire face à divers obstacles qui s’opposent à l’instauration d’un enseignement scientifique et technique stable. En prenant en compte ce contexte postcolonial et en se concentrant sur le Colegio Militar de Bogota, une école d’ingénieurs civils et militaires, entre 1848 et 1884, ce travail retrace le processus ayant conduit à la mise en place d’un tel enseignement et suit son évolution au cours de la deuxième moitié du XIXe siècle. L’influence du pouvoir s’avère alors constante et fait ressortir des caractéristiques de l’établissement telles que l’enseignement mixte, militaire et civil, la recherche d’utilité ou l’absence de sélection. Par ailleurs l’étude du curriculum du Colegio Militar indique dans quelle mesure la vision institutionnelle influencée par les idéologies des partis transparait dans les enseignements. Elle fait apparaître également la capacité des différents acteurs à modifier à leur niveau ce curriculum et parvient à suivre son histoire dans sa continuité, malgré l’hétérogénéité de ces interventions.L’analyse des notions scientifiques et techniques transmises par ce curriculum, montre également comment, en s’adaptant au contexte, la mise en place d’une diffusion des savoirs s’accompagne d’une production scientifique. Le décentrement du regard qu´implique cette étude, nous invite à aborder la question du transfert de connaissances, en montrant comment l’étude d’une institution éducative permet d’appréhender ces mécanismes dans leur complexité. Ces circulations seront considérées à différentes échelles au niveau local en lien avec la fonction régulatrice de l’établissement dans le champ éducatif, au niveau du continent sud-américain et vers les centres de production scientifiques d’Europe et d’Amérique du Nord. Enfin, ce travail permet d’apporter des éclairages sur la constitution et l’émergence en Colombie d’un groupe professionnel – les ingénieurs civils – étroitement lié à celui des enseignants de sciences. En suivant le parcours des anciens élèves du Colegio Militar, il révèle les stratégies adoptées par ce groupe social pour faire reconnaître à la fois sa profession et sa légitimité à l’exercer. / As Colombia becomes emancipated from the Spanish Crown in 1819, it has to strengthen its independence and is thus faced with a number of obstacles which come in the way of a stable scientific and technical education. By taking into account this postcolonial context and by focusing on the Colegio Militar of Bogota, a school of civil and military engineering between 1848 and 1884, this study describes the process which led to the foundation of such teachings and follows its evolution during the second half of the 19th century. The influence of power proves to be constant at the time and brings out such specificities as its mixed education curriculum, military and civil, its quest for utility or the absence of a selection process. Furthermore, the study of its curriculum reveals how its institutional vision influenced by party ideology shows through the teachings. It also demonstrates the ability of the various players to alter, at their level, this curriculum and manages to establish the continuity of its history despite the heterogeneity of their actions. Similarly, the analysis of the scientific and technical notions conveyed by this curriculum illustrates how, by adapting to the context, the diffusion of knowledge comes with scientific production. The decentralization entailed by our study leads us to consider the issue of transfer of knowledge, by showing how the study of an educational institution allows to tackle these mechanisms in their complexity. These circulations will be considered on different levels, locally with the regulating function of the school in the educational field, within the South American continent and toward the main hubs of scientific production in Europe and North America. Finally, this study sheds some light on the constitution and emergence of a professional group in Colombia namely, civil engineers, which is tightly linked to that of science teachers. By following the trail of former students of the Colegio Militar, we become acquainted with the strategies they adopt to ensure that both their profession and the right to practise it is acknowledged.

The main objective of libraries in higher education institutions is to enable access to information that will meet the teaching, learning and research needs of the institutions’ communities (Department of Arts and Culture, 2015:18). Technology makes it easier to accomplish this by allowing librarians to embed products and services directly into the teaching, learning and research environments used by the communities. Course Management Systems such as Blackboard, are used by higher learning institutions to provide blended learning experiences. Many face-to-face lectures rely on an online module, and students appear to be more comfortable using the various online tools than ever before. For librarians, the online component of such a hybrid learning model is an opportunity to extend the traditional face-to-face library training and information literacy sessions into the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Virtually embedded librarians enable students’ access to library information online (Hoffman & Ramin, 2010:298) and libraries that have shifted towards embedding in online courses reach users at their point of need (Paganelli and Paganelli, 2017:55). If these statements are true, the question remains whether the end user is satisfied with the services rendered online or not. Many surveys have been conducted to assess users’ satisfaction with library resources and the quality of library services (Zhang, 2015:273). Some studies investigated library use patterns of different user groups but few studies focus on the needs of Engineering students (Zhang, 2015:273) and if these needs are being addressed by embedded library services and products. The objective of this research was to establish the role that Engineering students expect an Information Specialist to play in a VLE, to identify the products and services the Engineering students expect the Information Specialist to provide, and to what extent. This was done using a case study research design. As was expected, this research confirmed that the Engineering students recognise the importance of librarians embedding in their online modules. It is anticipated that librarians who embed online will be able to meet the needs of the students and build strong relationships with the students. If that does become the case, it is feasible to expect that the students’ use of library resources will increase. The next phase would be to build and launch a pilot project. Recommendations made for embedding in a VLE were (1) to consult with the faculty, library staff, and the instructional designer before the librarian attempts to launch embedded activities; (2) to identify the top in-demand products and services that can be embedded for each course as a matter of urgency; (3) to pilot the program with a few students and library staff and obtain feedback before the initiative is made publicly available to all students; and (4) to align the expectations or activities of the program with those of the course. / Mini Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2018. / Information Science / MIT / Unrestricted

<p>Black women make up 1.3% of undergraduate engineering students, 1% of bachelor’s engineering degrees awarded, and 0.6% of employed engineers. The magnitude of underrepresentation of Black women is strongly evident given the juxtaposition between these statistics and the percentage of Black women within the U.S. population. This underrepresentation of Black women in engineering exemplifies serious equity concerns involving the quality of women’s experiences in education and employment systems. The issues related to representation and retention in engineering among Black women signify that professional engineering environments that can be characterized by raced and gendered practices; practices that should be changed if engineering desires to be a more inclusive space for Black women. This reality brings up the question of whether undergraduate engineering education programs prepare Black women for the workplace and the extent to which their preparation process accounts for the raced and gendered challenges. This study examines the undergraduate preparation experiences of ten Black women engineers, exploring the challenges they have experienced that are associated with the raced and gendered culture of the engineering workplace. The goal of this study is to consider how undergraduate engineering education can better meet the needs of Black women so that they can successfully navigate the raced and gendered culture of engineering. Grounded in critical race feminism, this study leveraged narrative inquiry and counter-storytelling to address the following research question: How do Black women engineers describe their preparation to navigate the challenges in the engineering workplace associated with the raced and gendered culture of engineering? Findings from this study indicate that the formal curriculum of undergraduate engineering programs did not prepare Black women engineers for the raced and gendered culture of engineering. However, co-curricular activities, situated learning experiences, faith and spirituality, knowledge gained from graduate coursework, and the subsequent community cultural wealth gained from those experiences were instrumental in the preparation of Black women engineers for the raced and gendered culture of engineering. Two major implications of this work prompt the need for an ecosystems approach to change the culture of engineering and a formal preparation process for the raced and gendered culture of engineering.</p>

The necessity for a cohesive onboarding process in multinational, midsize companies has become increasingly apparent as globalization and professionalization makes requests for key talents more demanding. This study has focused on how national, and organizational culture affect the onboarding process, and how it can be adapted to increase cohesiveness on a multinational level, with respect to technology-oriented professions. Twelve qualitative interviews have been conducted with the Human Resources and the Product &amp; Innovation department in Stockholm, Sweden, and Shenzhen, China. Complementary observations, as well as a document study has been implemented to identify the organizational culture. The data has then been analyzed using thematic analysis. Results show that there is a significant difference in organizational culture between the two offices due to differences in national culture, leadership styles, and differences in hierarchical tendencies in the organizational structure and communication lines. Furthermore, results show that technology oriented employees value product, and process-orientation more than their peers. Consequently, the onboarding process differs between the two offices in both practice and result. It is necessary to identify the connection between leadership and culture, as well as survey the perceived dissonance in hierarchy between offices in regard to structure and communication.