UTech, Jamaica 2016-17 Annual Report

University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017 Page 76 Excellence Through Knowledge Faculty of Engineering and Computing cont’d. hosted a workshop on Small Hydropower Site Assessment & Design Elements in the FENC Conference Room (Papine Campus) on February 15 and 16, 2017. Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE) and Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) SoE in collaboration with the Jamaica institution for Engineers and the Bureau of Standards Jamaica hosted a forum on January 26, 2017 on Energy and Electrical Engineering Standards: Good Practices, Better Business. UTECH SCIT - Data Society Partnership In January 2017, the School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT), UTECH embarked on a journey with the Data Society LLC , from Washington DC,USA to sensitize and build capacity amongst students and staff alike in the increasingly demanding field of Data Science. The Data Society is an E-learning Data Science company based in Washington, DC, that provides an online learning platform at www.datasociety. co to train beginners and professionals in areas such as data science, data visualization, network analysis, text mining. Student International Exchange Program Collaboration SCIT Graduate Studies hosted Jared Perry an exchange graduate student from St. Mary’s University (SMU), Halifax Canada, where he is currently pursuing the Masters in Technology Capacity Building(From left)Mr. Watson, Group Manager, PCJ, Mr. Russell Hadeed Chairman, PCJ, Prof. Stephen Vasciannie, President of Utech. Jamaica, Dr. Noel Brown, HOS, Engineering, Mrs. Denise Tulloch, Senior Research Officer, PCJ, Prof. Nilza Aples, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Computing.