ZIPS: Engineered for Success Workshop Series
Main Aim:
- For students to be successful in graduate school and learn the required skills to be a successful researcher in an interdisciplinary team setting.
Approach:
- 6 topics are identified: communication, teamwork, ethics, teaching skills, project management, conflict resolution.
- Each topic will be covered in 2 weeks:
- first week is to discuss about the topic through reference articles and sharing of personal experiences (students are split into smaller groups of 4),
- second week is to apply the topic learnt and do personal reflection on what has been done for that week (students are to submit reflection write-up on Brightspace).
- Weekly session, scheduled on Wednesday 4pm-5pm, venue: ASEC 105
Fall 2023 Schedule
| Week Date | Topic | Content | Format Activity | Reference paper |
| 1 (9/6) | Introduction | Welcome to NRT ZEFS (Graduate Level), get to know each other, important things | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Hodge KA, Lear JL. Employment skills for 21st century workplace: The gap between faculty and student perceptions. Journal of Career and Technical Education 2011;26:28-41. |
| 2 (9/13) | Communication | Oral/written, listening, visual, emotional intelligence, ChatGPT, conversational AIs. | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Riemer MJ. Communication skills for the 21st century engineer. Global Journal of Engineering Education 2007;11:89-100. Van Dis EAM et al. ChatGPT: five priorities for research. Nature 2023;614:224-226. |
| 3 (9/20) | Online Brightspace, Application & Reflection | |||
| 4 (9/27) | Teamwork | Collaborative behavior, workload, task complexity, team cohesiveness, team effectiveness | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Bravo R, Catalán S, Pina JM. Analysing teamwork in higher education: An empirical study on the antecedents and consequences of team cohesiveness. Studies in Higher Education 2019;44:1153-1165. |
| 5 (10/4) | Online Brightspace, Application & Reflection | |||
| 6 (10/11) | Ethics | Ethics-related policies, politics, governance, labor, engaged practice, academia-industry, AI research ethics, AI-specific implications for research | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Smith-Doerr ZL, Vari I. Mind the gap: Formal ethics policies and chemical scientists’ everyday practices in academic and industry. Science, Technology, & Human Values 2015;40:176-198. Bouhouita-Guermech S, Gogognon P, Belisle-Pipon JC. Specific challenges posed by artificial intelligence in research ethics. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 2023;6:1149082. |
| 7 (10/18) | Online Brightspace, Application & Reflection | |||
| 8 (10/25) | Teaching Skills | Evidence-based practices, assessment, feedback, data, student outcomes, teaching effectiveness. | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Paolini A. Enhancing teaching effectiveness and student learning outcomes. The Journal of Effective Teaching 2015;15:20-33. |
| 9 (11/1) | Online Brightspace, Application & Reflection | |||
| 10 (11/8) | Project Management | Project management training, project-based learning, soft skills, work breakdown structure. | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Ravankar A, Imai S, Ravankar A. In managing the project: The essential need for project management training and education in graduate schools. The 8th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 7-11 July 2019:420-425 |
| 11 (11/15) | Online Brightspace, Application & Reflection | |||
| 12 (11/29) | Conflict Resolution | Critical theory, equality, liberty, oppression, mediation, negotiation, facilitation. | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | Hansen T. Critical conflict resolution theory and practice. Conflict Resolution Quarterly 2008;25:403-427. |
| 13 (12/6) | Online Brightspace, Application & Reflection | |||
| 13 (12/6) | Conclusion | Feedback and workshop evaluation | In-Person, Discussion & Sharing | – |