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Project Management

In the period under review, the Faculty tendered for

management of thirteen (13) projects from which eight

(8) successful bids earned $11,496,484.00 . Of note

were the following contracts:

Provision of onsite training in pneumatics and

programmable logic controllers for participants in St

Kitts.

The joint Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater

Management, National Water Commission contract

to develop a wastewater management programme

for the Caribbean and provide wastewater operator

training for NWC plant operators.

Short Courses

Seven short professional courses covering Air

Conditioning and Refrigeration, Introduction to

Energy Efficiency Audits, Water and Wastewater

Operators, Programmable Logic Controllers, Basic and

Advanced Standby Generators provided income of

$11,659,750.00. A total of 124 persons were trained as

part of these short courses

LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL

LINKAGES AND

COLLABORATIONS

The PROCEED Caribbean Project

The Faculty is a partner in the

Promotion of Capacity and Energy

Education Development in the

Caribbean Region (PROCEED

CARIBBEAN) project. The Lead

partner is the University of Turku,

Finland Futures Research Centre

(FFRC) and other partners include

The University of the West Indies,

Cave Hill and Mona Campuses and

the University of Oriente, Cuba.

University of Miami Research

Fellowship

Mr Julian Jarrett, Lecturer, SCIT, was the first

beneficiary of a research fellowship funded by

University of Miami’s Graduate School, which is the

outcome of a MOU between UTech, Jamaica./SCIT

and University of Miami.

University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI)

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and the

University of Technology, Jamaica/SCIT signed a MOU

in May 2014 to enhance the educational experience and

cross-cultural understanding of students and faculty of

both institutions.

Saint Mary’s University (SMU)

Through a MOU signed in January 2015 UTech,

Jamaica/SCIT forged an institutional relationship with

SMU, Canada, to cooperate and share information for

five (5) years in areas of joint interest.

A partnership has been forged between Saint Mary’s

University and UTech, Jamaica to develop future

business leaders in ICT, biotechnology and consumer

analytics. Over the next four years, UTech, Jamaica,

Jamaica will receive ten (10) students from SMU

and SMU will receive five (5) students from UTech,

Jamaica. These scholars will each undertake, study,

research or internship for a specified duration between

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University of Technology, Jamaica

• ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING

CONT’D

Dr Sean Thorpe, Dr Dawn Jutla (1st & 2nd Left) and SMU students.