Project engineering

About: Project engineering is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 609 publications have been published within this topic receiving 8869 citations.

Which project-execution approach is best for you?

Abstract: The author examines the advantages and disadvantages of turnkey and multiple contracting options for project management. He details how, between these two project management extremes, there are a number of other execution approaches used in which the risks are shared between the owner and the contractors in varying proportions.

Strategies to Enhance Impact and Visibility of Research Projects

Abstract: Research quality is commonly evaluated by the quantity of papers published in high impact factor-indexed journals. In fact, many of these journals and conference articles show partial or final results of research projects done individually or together with other research centers, universities, and companies. However, the visibility and impact on society of these projects, even with the existence of specific websites, funding, and publicizing requirements, are generally low. This study takes the example of the ReViBE project, in which the Research Group on Project Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia takes part, by presenting how the use of three tools designed to generate ideas, such as surveys, brainstorming, and teamstorming, serves at the same time to give support to research and as a loudspeaker to enhance the visibility of the project. The study compares the quality and quantity of data collected or generated by each tool and methodology and evaluates its capacity for dissemination.

Project Cost Determination and Control in Design Phase

Abstract: The key period of construction project engineering cost determination and control is in the design phase.This paper expounds the project cost control in design phase result from preliminary design and construction drawing design.

The impact of vertical integration of design teams on the chemical engineering program

Abstract: For the last five years, the Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Akron has implemented a vertically integrated team design project (VITDP) involving our department's entire undergraduate student population. Teams, consisting of freshman through seniors, work together with an industrial or faculty mentor to solve an open-ended design problem over a five-seven week period during the fall semester. Each project is designed to require positive interdependency between the team members, thus creating an instructional framework where students learn through teaming rather than group work. All freshmen learn what chemical engineering is about, sophomores enhance their learning in process economics, juniors and seniors improve their proficiency with process simulation, and seniors make major improvements in their ability to lead or guide other people. When the design project introduces a concept or topic that has not been fully integrated into the curriculum, all students, including those who prefer to work alone, effectively increase their knowledge of that topic. The vertically integrated team structure provides a way to learn information in context, which has a particularly strong effect on women in the program. Overall, the VITDP has a positive impact on the chemical engineering program.

MORN: multimedia object relation network: a knowledge system to support research projects

Abstract: This paper examines a knowledge base applied as an information infrastructure of the research project on "Technology and Rural Development: Assessing Technology Needs of Southeastern Anatolia Project in Turkey" whose present members are located in different parts of Istanbul and whose prospective members are residing in different parts of Turkey.