Dr. Aldo McLean challenges his students in Engineering Management and Technology to present their projects with Pecha Kucha, a style that uses 20 slides, with each slide shown for 20 seconds. The entire presentation takes six minutes, forty seconds.
McLean says it’s a challenge because students are used to PowerPoint, but Pecha Kucha forces them to refine the high points of their presentation.
He used the technique himself recently when he brought two local chapters of national professional associations to campus. The joint meeting between Tri-State American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and American Society for Quality (ASQ) and UTC provided an opportunity for students to learn and network.
“I enjoyed learning about the two professional organizations,” said Solomon C. Puryear, who’s major is engineering technology management. “They sound like awesome opportunities for engineering management students.”
Puryear plans to spread the word.
“I will recommend students attend the next meeting, as I want others to take advantage of such awesome networking,” he added.
“The meeting encourages career development,” said McLean, Assistant Professor, Engineering Management and Technology. “When our students leave school, they are encouraged to join professional associations.”
Members of the groups toured the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the new library at UTC.
