Session One: 8 – 9:45 a.m.

Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Machine Learning – Dr. Jeff Blessing, MSOE

In this course participants are shown how to perform supervised and unsupervised learning techniques on data sets taken from industry to make informed decisions based on hard data.  The use of popular tools and programming environments will be demonstrated in hands-on exercises.  Instructor-led examples of problems solved using machine learning and deep learning are presented and discussed.

Outcomes:

Students will leave the webinar with an in-depth understanding of how to use the tools that are popular in Data Science to perform Machine Learning using:

• Python programming language
• Data analytics tools from the NumPy and SciPy libraries
• Data visualization tools from MatPlotLib
• Supervised and unsupervised learning tools in SciKit-Learn and Google Tensorflow.

Defining Your Leadership Role - Kyle Buerger, MSOE

Participants will work through a process that defines what leadership means to them and assess how that definition aligns with their current role and long-term career plans. During the session, participants will identify common leadership issues and challenges while learning the importance of being authentic, building trust, maintaining credibility, earning respect, and demonstrating the “right” attitude.

Stress Management - Utilizing Resilience and Well-Being – Julius Rhodes, MSOE

Day to day the pace of change continues to accelerate, and we are faced with myriad responsibilities that, if not addressed appropriately can cause us mental and even physical impairment. This course is designed to provide session participants with an opportunity to better understand and utilize tactics and strategies that will allow you to proactively address situations you face to remain confident in your abilities to manifest good health as you pursue your objectives.

Outcomes:

• Identifying well-being concepts and implementing them in their lives
• Ability to utilize stress mitigation strategies for improved resilience
• Understanding of resilience and how to apply learned concepts

Session Two: 10 – 11:45 a.m.

Maintaining Motivation in Times of Uncertainty and Change – Julius Rhodes, MSOE

Given the unprecedented upheaval we have all see to our personal and professional lives, it is only natural that at times we feel overwhelmed and question our ability and desire to continue to do those things that will allow us to remain intentional and purposeful as we pursue our goals. Maintaining Motivation in Times of Uncertainty and Change is designed to provide session participants with an opportunity to better understand some foundational motivational principles and how they can apply them to their benefit in challenging times.

Through this course you will gain an:

• Increased understanding and ability to apply motivational theories to impact personal and professional gain
• Increased understanding of factors that impact the need for change
• Increased understanding of how our personal brand and actions impact others motivation and ability to address uncertainty and change

Recent Adventures in Engineering Ethics – Dr. Andrew McAninch, Assistant Professor, MSOE

Recent Adventures in Engineering Ethics introduces students to some of the central issues in engineering ethics through a critical discussion of recent case studies. Topics and cases may include:

•  Ethical issues in construction, development, and their social and environmental impact
• Ethical issues in defense contracting and arms manufacturing
• Ethical issues in tech and big data
• Ethical issues in AI and autonomous technology (e.g., replacement of human labor, ethics of driverless cars)

Participants will explore these topics and cases interactively, studying both their theoretical context and practical implications. The goal of the course is to engage participants in continued reflection on key issues in engineering ethics and to encourage them to apply the guiding ethical principles that emerge to their own fields.

Hands-on Lab of AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques – Dr. Jeff Blessing, MSOE

This course is for those who have attended previously attended the Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Machine Learning session. Learners will be able to put their knowledge to use in a series of problem-solving exercises. The use of popular tools and programming environments will be used to solve real-world problems from various industries, such as manufacturing and healthcare. Instructor-led examples of problems solved using tools of machine learning and deep learning are presented and discussed.

Session Three: 1 – 2:45 p.m.

Hydraulic Positive Displacement Pumps – Dr. Medhat Khalil, MSOE

This course has three main parts. The first part presents an overview of: positive displacement machines versus hydrodynamic machines, pumps versus motor mechanisms, fixed versus variable displacement machines, and symbols. The second part focuses on investigating the power losses in pumps and motors. This investigation is used to evaluate the efficiency of a pump and a motor under certain operating conditions using data published by the manufacturers. The third part of the chapter presents the construction and operating principles of gear, vane, and piston type positive displacement machines. The chapter concludes by the selection criteria for pumps and motors.

Building an Effective Workplace Culture – Kyle Buerger, MSOE

When it comes to workplace culture, many elements contribute to creating and sustaining a strong culture. This session covers those key elements while assisting leaders with understanding how they can influence and impact the culture of their organization.

Improving your Individual Innovativeness – Gene Wright

Innovation is required in every area of business and in every organization from design through delivery and follow through. To remain competitive, we are required to innovate our products, services and organizational processes. Innovation is required for strategic competitiveness as well as tactical actions, including continuous improvement. Too often, we expect a few individuals within an organization to be responsible for innovation and creative thought. Expecting a few individuals or departments to innovate our organizations allows most of our organizational innovativeness to go uncultivated. We are all innovative; we are all creative. We all have a unique point-of-view that can contribute to competitiveness. We can foster individual innovativeness by practicing five specific skills. This session will, if you embrace and practice these skills, make everyone more innovative.

Session Four: 3 – 4:45 p.m.

Maintaining Motivation in Times of Uncertainty and Change – Julius Rhodes, MSOE

Given the unprecedented upheaval we have all see to our personal and professional lives, it is only natural that at times we feel overwhelmed and question our ability and desire to continue to do those things that will allow us to remain intentional and purposeful as we pursue our goals. Maintaining Motivation in Times of Uncertainty and Change is designed to provide session participants with an opportunity to better understand some foundational motivational principles and how they can apply them to their benefit in challenging times.

Through this course you will gain an:

• Increased understanding and ability to apply motivational theories to impact personal and professional gain
• Increased understanding of factors that impact the need for change
• Increased understanding of how our personal brand and actions impact others motivation and ability to address uncertainty and change

Improving Team Innovation – Gene Wright

Innovation is a Team Sport. We create and improve our services, products and processes through teamwork. However, innovation is about change, and change is hard especially in performance organizations. The more people involved, especially in high functioning organizations performing at competitive levels the more difficult the process of innovation is. We need to innovate to remain competitive, however we often learn that introducing innovation (change) to an organization is hard. While culture is important, so is the composition and operation of the innovation team. This session will enlighten participants to the challenges and solutions associated with innovating through teams and teamwork.

Design of Experiments 101 – Dr. Douglas Grabenstetter, MSOE

This course will provide a basic introduction to a powerful tool which can be used to drive continuous improvement in design and processes. The focus of this class will be on the use of One-Way ANOVA to analyze simple systems.