NEWS

November 2007

28 November 2007

GEDC Executive Committee Meeting

IFEES is pleased to announce that the first meeting of the IFEES Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) will take place in Paris, France, on May 8 and 9, 2008.

A flyer with additional details is available here. (PDF: 1,102KB)

15 November 2007

IFEES Overview Powerpoint Presentation

Available here(PowerPoint: 1,133KB). Thanks to IFEES President-elect Lueny Morell for leading this creative effort.

14 November 2007

IFEES Welcomes its New Members!

IFEES would like to give a warm welcome to its new members: Agilent Technologies, India, the Council of Research in Education and Science, the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE), and the Ibero American Science and Technology Education Consortium (ISTEC). Please welcome these new members to the IFEES community.

9 November 2007

The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC)

One of the strategic initiatives of IFEES is the creation of the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), to connect deans of engineering from throughout the world. We are pleased to post a concept paper on the GEDC(PDF: 103KB), written by IFEES Vice President Seeram Ramakrishna, who is leading the initiative. Also posted are the GEDC bylaws(PDF: 147KB). We encourage you to take a look at these documents.

7 November 2007

Presentations from 2007 IFEES Summit in Istanbul, Turkey

A number of the presentations from the 2007 IFEES Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, are available below:

Building, Maintaining and Expanding Student Participation in Engineering Education(PowerPoint: 1,401KB), by Andrej Bulat and Nicolò Wojewoda

Challenges Facing Engineering Education in Africa, and the Role of AEEA(PowerPoint: 53KB), by Duncan Fraser

Engineering Education Across the Continents/Cultures(PowerPoint: 1.391KB), by Yuri Pokholkov

EUR-ACE: An Accreditation System of Engineering Education in a Pan-European Context(PowerPoint: 5,805KB), by Giuliano Augusti

European Engineering Qualifications in the Global Arena(PowerPoint: 49KB), by Guy Haug

The Future Engineer: Industry Requirements to Engineering Education Institutions(PowerPoint: 2,179KB), by M.P. Ravindra

IFEES Vision and Strategic Plan(PowerPoint: 170KB), by Claudio Borri

An International Partnership: the Washington Accord(PowerPoint: 416KB), by Bill Kelly

Pillars of the Knowledge Based Economy - The Role of Engineering Education(PowerPoint: 428KB), by Bruno Laporte

Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Historical Perspective(PowerPoint: 1,521KB), by Mehmet Durman

The Turkish Engineering Deans Council(PowerPoint: 775KB), by Hasan Mandal

The World Wide Dimension of EU Higher Education and Research(PowerPoint: 1,935KB), by Upton van der Vliet

More presentations will be posted soon. Enjoy!

2 November 2007

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) 2008 Conference in San Francisco, California

IFEES Member Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is holding its 2008 conference from February 8-9 in San Francisco, California. This meeting will bring together leading faculty, students, and industry partners for a constructive dialogue on global sustainability and the role of engineering solutions. The event will include a conference track focused on engineering education, featuring leading initiatives to integrate sustainability into the engineering curricula.

Registration for the conference will open in November 2007, and close on January 15, 2008. A limited number of presentations will be selected through an open call for papers and posters. Abstracts for presentations are due by November 20, 2007.

For further information, please visit http://www.eswusa.org/conference.