ENGINEERING COMMUNICATION

Dr. Bahawodin BahaUniversity of Brighton, UK

March 2008

Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE)

Beside Technical Knowledge

We all need personnel skills such as: Communication skills Organisation Presentation Research Report writing Time Management

Research Methods

Carry out research to find information about your topic

Sources of information Text books Journals Conference proceedings Internet Writing to companies

Report writing

Title page Abstract or summary Content Main body of report

– Introduction Background Main objectives

– Chapters and sections– Discuss your results

Conclusions

References Appendices

Title page format KABUL UNIVERSITY Faculty of Engineering Project Title Your full name Supervisor’s name Date

Project Planning

A "Project" is a set of activities which ends with specific accomplishment and which has

Non-routine tasks Distinct start/finish dates Resource constraints

(time/money/people/equipment). Use Gannt chart

The Original Training Plan of the KPU Lecturers at UoB

  Year 1  Year 2  Year 3

Activities Oct. 07 Jun. 08 Jul. 08 Sep. 08 Oct. 08 Jun. 09 Jul. 09 Sep. 09 Oct. 09 Sep. 10

English Language Training

                   

Back to KPU                    

Preparatory course

                   

Back to KPU                    

MSc course                    

English Language Training - 9 MonthsReturn to KPU - 3 MonthsPrep. Course - 9 MonthsReturn to KPU - 3 Months MSc - 12 Months

The Modified Training Plan of the KPU Lecturers at UoB

  Year 1 Year 2  Year 3

Activities Apr. 08 Sep. 08 Oct. 08 Jun. 09  Jul. 09  Sep. 09 Oct. 09 Sep. 10

English Language Training

               

Preparatory courses                

English Language Training

               

MSc courses                

English Language Training - 6 MonthsPrep. Course - 9 MonthsEnglish Language Training - 3 MonthsMSc -12 Months

Engineering Education at Universities in Modern World

Universities are centers of knowledge and inventions not politics

Future world leaders educated and trained at universities

The students are educated to have wider vision

Are trained for further one or two years after graduation

Respect the law

Engineering during the last 30 years

Huge changes have been introduced Examples in Elec. Eng. are PC, mobile phone,

Internet, etc. These technologies have brought prosperity the

societies It is regrettable that Afghanistan was at war that was

imposed on us Sadly, we missed the opportunities Huge task and responsibility for the current

generation

Major tasks to be defined by all of us

We must work hard to catch up with the rest of the world.– Individually– Institutions

Overall development in the country

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Thanks for your attention B.Baha@brighton.ac.uk

Development Partnerships in Higher Education programme (DelPHE)