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Building Capability and Communities in Engineering Education Research
The Journal of Engineering Education and the Indian Society for Technical Education in partnership with the Annals of Research on Engineering Education (of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering) and the global initiative Rigorous Research in Engineering Education (sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation), hosted a workshop on Building Capability and Communities in Engineering Education Research at the 38th ISTE National Annual Convention and IFEES Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop in Bhubaneswar, India on December 20, 2008. The workshop attendees included engineering, mathematics, and communications faculty and department, college, and university administrators. The workshop is first in a global series of workshops to be offered on advancing engineering education research worldwide. IFEES members and others interested in hosting a workshop may contact either Jack R. Lohmann, Editor, Journal of Engineering Education, jlohmann@gatech.edu, or Karl A. Smith, Editor, Annals of Research on Engineering Education, ksmith@umn.edu. |
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November 2008
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October 2008
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September 2008
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August 2008
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July 2008
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July 2008
The Second IFEES Global
Engineering Education Summit will be held on October 19-20
in Cape Town, South Africa, hosted by the University of Cape
Town and the African Engineering Education Association, co-located
with the American Society for Engineering Education Global
Colloquium.
Learn More »
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June 2008
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June 2008
4th African Regional
Conference on Engineering Education
IFEES member the African Engineering
Education Association (AEEA) held its 4th African Regional
Conference on Engineering Education in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
between 22nd and 25th April, 2008.
The theme of the conference was ‘Capacity Building
in Engineering for Sustainable Development. There were 111
participants from 15 countries from Africa and beyond. Twenty-nine
papers were presented, including a paper titled ‘Engineering
Education Societies becoming Global: The Emerging Experience
of International Federation of Engineering Education Societies
which was authored by eleven (11) members of IFEES.
More information on the event is available
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May 2008
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May 2008
The Second IFEES Global
Engineering Education Summit will be held on October 19-20
in Cape Town, South Africa, hosted by the University of Cape
Town and the African Engineering Education Association, co-located
with the American Society for Engineering Education Global
Colloquium.
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February 2008
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February 2008
SEFI's 36th Annual Conference
IFEES Member SEFI
will be hosting the organization's 36th Annual Conference
from July 2-5, 2008, in Aalborg, Denmark. The conference theme
is Quality Assessment, Employability and Innovation—Celebrating
SEFI's 35 Anniversary.
We encourage everyone to consider attending. Please
go here for more details. |
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February 2008
Registration and Information for the Founding Global
Engineering Deans Council (GEDC)
Executive Committee Meeting - By
Invitation Only
One of the strategic initiatives of the International Federation
of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) is the creation
of a worldwide forum for the engineering deans called the
Global Engineering Deans
Council (GEDC). The
GEDC idea was first mooted during the IFEES meeting at Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil on October 9, 2006. The IFEES executive
board decided to go forward with the GEDC concept at its September
30, 2007 meeting in Istanbul, Turkey.
On May 8-9, 2008, the Global Engineering Deans Council will
hold its first Executive Committee meeting in Paris, France.
Co-hosted by Dassault Systemes and Hewlett Packard, the event
will convene engineering deans from across the world who have
been invited to join the Executive Committee of the Global
Engineering Deans Council.
To register and for more
information about the event, please go here. Please note
that this event is by invitation
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NEWS
January 2008
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January 2008
SEFI 2nd Deans' Conference: Special Challenges in
Engineering Education
IFEES member society SEFI will be holding its 2nd Deans'
Conference on February 24-26 in Berlin, Germany. The focus
of the forum will be the discussion and exchange of best practices
for dealing with the challenges in adopting the Bologna Process.
Learn
more about the event here.
On February 26, SEFI will be hosting an IFEES Session at
this meeting. The Session will focus on (a) how engineering
education bolsters economic development and (b) engineering
education sustainability. The meeting will especially highlight
IFEES Vice President Seeram Ramakrishna’s work in setting
up the IFEES Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC). The
first meeting of the GEDC Executive Committee will take place
in May 8-9, 2008, in Paris, France.
Funso Falade, representative from IFEES member society the
African Engineering Education Association, and co-host of
the Second IFEES Summit, to take place in Cape Town, South
Africa, on October 19-20, 2008, will join the meeting and
give a presentation on the 2008 IFEES Summit. We are pleased
to announce that Nicolo Wojewoda will also join us, representing
the student component of the ASEE Global Colloquium, collocated
with the IFEES Summit in Cape Town.
Those IFEES Executive Committee members who are present in
Berlin will convene an official IFEES Executive Committee
meeting, with IFEES President Claudio Borri presiding.
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