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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

The Faculty of Engineering and Computing’s Strategic

Plan for the academic year 2014/2015 focused

on consolidation of programmes and expanding

international partnerships with other universities.

Evidence of the success of this drive is the fact that for

the last two years FENC students have distinguished

themselves by being at the top tier of the graduating

class in academic performance and leadership. New

courses of study were also developed to fulfill UTech,

Jamaica’s vision of satisfying national and regional

labour force demands.

School of Engineering (SOE)

Aviation Programme

Development of an aviation programme in the School

of Engineering is underway and scheduled to start

in academic year 2016/17. The programme will

include Airport Management, Aerospace and Aircraft

Maintenance Engineering.

School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT)

Bachelor’s Degree in Animation

The proposal for the Bachelor in Animation Production

and Development was approved by the Board of

Undergraduate Studies (BUS) at their sitting on

Thursday February 12, 2015. The School of Computing

and Information Technology is scheduled to commence

offering this programme in academic year 2015/16.

SCIT Lecturers Win International Tracer F.I.R.E. Security

Forensic Hackathon Challenge

Three lecturers from the School of Computing and

Information Technology (Dr Sean Thorpe, Senior

Lecturer, Mr Kedrian James, Lecturer and Mr Rohan

Malcolm, Assistant Lecturer) emerged winners at

the prestigious Tracer F.I.R.E. (Forensic and Incident

Response Exercise) Security Forensic Hackathon

Challenge held December 8–9, 2014, in Louisiana, New

Orleans, USA. Tracer FIRE is a programme developed

by Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories to

educate and train cyber security incident responders

(CSIRs) and analysts in critical skill areas, and to

improve collaboration and teamwork.

The UTech, Jamaica team designated, “The Avengers,”

won with 37 points after two consecutive days of

gruelling hands-on competition outstripping their

closest rival, Team USA, who earned 35 points.

SCIT Leads Research with University of North Carolina to

Advance Research and Development Capacity in Informa-

tion Security

The Computational Science Research group from the

School of Computing and Information Technology

(SCIT) participated in a joint research project with

the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill,

USA. The research project was underwritten by a

Research Development Fund (RDF) grant awarded by

Prof. Nilza Smith

Dean

School of Engineering (SOE)

School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING