16 July 2010
IUCEE Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE) was recently featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The IUCEE, the “brainchild” of IFEES President-Elect, Krishna Vedula, was set up with the help of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Since 2007 more than 7,200 Indian faculty members have been trained in effective methods for teaching engineering courses, with many reporting high satisfaction with the workshops, and notable changes in student performance due to newly adopted teaching methods. You may read the article here: http://chronicle.com/article/In-India-an-Engineered/66087/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en.
NEA ICETE Hosted by Hungkuang University
The 4th North-East Asia International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education (4th NEA ICETE), under the theme The Innovation Strategy for Engineering and Technology Education in Knowledge Economy Era will be held in Taichung, Taiwan, between 25th and 29th of October 2010. IFEES member, Chinese Taipei; ATEEM, is joining with several other institutions to organize this event, which takes place shortly after the week of the WEEF in Singapore. For more information, please visit: http://120.107.96.101/~nea/index.htm
SEFI Releases 2008-2009 Biennial Report
The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) recently released its 2008-2009 Biennial Report. You may find a PDF version here.
Materials Education Symposia - Call for Speakers
Granta Design is supporting two Materials Education Symposia in March and April of 2011, at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA and the University of Cambridge, UK, respectively. Please see the PDF flyer here.
1 July 2010
Nominations for 2010-2012 IFEES Executive Committee Now Closed
The Nominations for the 2010-2012 IFEES Executive Committee closed on 30 June. The Nomination Committee looks forward to reviewing the list of nominees and their credentials. All nominees will be asked to develop a brief justification and statement of purpose for their nomination. The IFEES Community will select the new Committee in October 2010 at the General Assembly in Singapore.
29 June 2010
Winner of the 2010 IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education
 The IFEES Executive Committee and Award Committee are pleased to announce Dr. Richard Mark Felder as the winner of the 2010 Inaugural IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. IFEES recognizes him for his outstanding and original contributions to engineering education worldwide. All representatives of IFEES member societies are invited to the IFEES Award & Reception Banquet on Tuesday, 19 October 2010 in Singapore, part of the 2010 IFEES Summit & week of the World Engineering Education Forum, where Dr. Felder will be honored with the Award and give a presentation on his work. Many thanks to our sponsors of this year’s Award, Hewlett-Packard, Infosys, and Dassault Systèmes.
10 June 2010
LACCEI Annual Conference Held in Arequipa, Peru
Several IFEES member societies gathered in Arequipa, Peru at the beginning of June. IFEES President  Lueny Morell, IFEES Executive Committee Members Maria Petrie (LACCEI) and Ramiro Jordan (ISTEC), and Luiz Scavarda (EftA, ABENGE) were represented. Member societies Ibero-American Association of Institutes of Engineering Education (Asibei) and the Council of Deans of Engineering Faculties of Chile (CONDEFI) were represented as well.
Lueny Morell was the recipient of the 2009-2010 LACCEI Academic Merit Medal is given for leadership and global impact on engineering curriculum innovation and fostering industry-university partnerships in support of economic development. Paulino Alonso of CONDEFI and Luiz Scavarda of EftA (pictured above) are past recipients of this Award.
One noteworthy outcome of this meeting was the formation of a Latin American Engineering Deans Council - a platform for Latin American engineering deans to gather and share ideas and innovations in engineering education and research in the Latin American region.
IFEES Welcomes New Member - Chinese Taipei; ATEEM
We are pleased to announce that the IFEES Executive Committee has approved the membership application of Chinese Taipei; Association of Taiwan Engineering Education & Management, an organization based out of HungKuang University in Taichung, Taiwan.
IFEES President Makes Visit to Venue of Upcoming IFEES Summit 
IFEES President Lueny Morell and Dr. John Lamancusa of Pennsylvania State University recently offered a curriculum innovation workshop at the National University of Singapore. They were hosted by IFEES member, Insitute of Engineers Singapore, at IES headquarters to discuss the upcoming IFEES Summit during the week of the World Engineering Education Forum in Singapore in October 2010.
While in Singapore, Ms. Morell had the opportunity to visit the venue of this year's Summit, the newly constructed Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center. Ms. Morell and IES Representative, Dr. Soon Hoe Chew, are working together on making the October event a highly successful one.
Pictured here: Eicher Low, CHEW Soon Hoe, ONG Ser Huan, Lueny Morell, John Lumancusa, NG Say Cheong, and LIM Chu Sing. Picture taken at IES Headquarters.
15 May 2010
Now Accepting Nominations for 2010-2012 Executive Committee
A Committee has been assembled to organize the nominations for the 2010-2012 IFEES Executive Committee. In accordance with the IFEES Bylaws, five Executive Committee members will be elected in October 2010, at the General Assembly during the IFEES Summit in Singapore. Each nominee will be asked to submit a biography, a statement articulating their motivation to serve, and the contribution they hope to make while on the Executive Committee, and to make a short (2-3 minute) presentation during the General Assembly Meeting in Singapore. The call for nominations will close on 30 June 2010.
Peking University College of Engineering Celebrates Fifth Anniversary; IFEES Secretary General Meets with Chinese Society for Engineering Education
 On the 2nd day of May 2010, Peking University celebrated the fifth anniversary of its Engineering College in Beijing, China. IFEES Secretary General, Dr. Hans J. Hoyer, was invited to attend and speak with the audience. Shiyi Chen, dean of the Engineering College, is a member of the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC); Peking University will be the host of the 2011 GEDC Conference in Beijing. Dean Chen will be partnering with colleagues from Tsinghua University to make the 2011 Conference a successful one.
While in Beijing, Dr. Hoyer also took the opportunity to meet with Yu Shouwen and Lei Qing, IFEES representatives of the Chinese Society for Engineering Education at Tsinghua University, located just across the street from Peking University. The CSEE has recently worked with Funso Falade, the IFEES Representative of the African Engineering Education Association, bringing over 25 African Colleagues to China for training. These two groups plan to continue growing their partnership in addressing engineering education issues.
BEST General Assembly at Warsaw University
On April 30th, the Board of European Students of Technology (BEST) held a General Assembly at Warsaw University. Jose Carlos Quadrado, of the High Institute of Engineering of Lisbon, had the honor to be the keynote speaker at this celebration, the largest European gathering of students in Europe.
23 April 2010
Ibero-American Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education
The Department of Production and Systems (DPS) and the Research Centre for Education (CIEd) of the University of Minho, Portugal are organising the symposium in cooperation with the Curriculum Development Working Group of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) to join teachers, researchers on Engineering Education, deans of Engineering Schools and professionals concerned with Engineering Education, to enhance Project Approaches in Engineering Education through workshops and discussion of current practice and research. This even will take place 1 - 2 July 2010, Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalonia. For more information, please see their official Call for Papers, or the Calendar of Events page.
5th African Regional Conference on Engineering Education
The African Engineering Education Association is hosting the 5th ARCEE from 2-5 October 2010 at The Higher Institute of  Engineering in Hoon, Libya. The theme of this year's conference is "Advancing Engineering Education in a Resource-Constrained Environment." Please visit the conference website for more information: www.5tharcee.org.ly or email info@5tharcee.org.ly. Click here to download the Call for Papers.
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