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IⱭDEAS (Improving Design Decisions in Engineering and Applied Systems) Research Group is dedicated to innovate in the areas of automation as well as product development and process improvement. The group is affiliated to the Industrial Engineering Department and has accepted the challenge of doing outreach activities to inspire the next generation of engineers. IⱭDEAS pioneered towards providing a meaningful learning experience to high school students of all parts of Puerto Rico by creating the first Industrial Engineering summer camp: Real Time Process Control. Although the summer camp focuses in the field of Industrial Engineering, it is also a space to promote receiving an education from the UPR system, pursuing a college career in general, and also provide enough information and hands-on experiences to consider Industrial Engineering as a career. IⱭDEAS acknowledges Puerto Rico and the world is facing serious challenges that this and future generations face the responsibility of overcoming by making important decisions, and represent positive changes towards the well being of humanity. The message IⱭDEAS seeks to deliver and portray is that many of these challenges can reach and actually are in the scope of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). It is through this realization that RealTimePC seeks to promote that Industrial Engineering is an exciting option to become the problem solvers of the future. During campus open houses and laboratory demonstrations, automation has been one of the main attractive to young Medina et al. students. For this reason it is one of the core elements of Real Time Process Control summer camp: educating through automation, building a small-scale model and watching it work at the end of the program.
Author(s):
Lourdes Medina
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Puerto Rico
Maria Hernandez
Department of Surveying
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Puerto Rico
Sabrina Sierra
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Puerto Rico
Julienne Deynes
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Puerto Rico