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DECEMBER 2009
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11 December 2009
IFEES 2009-2010 Vice Presidents Elected
The IFEES Executive Committee recently participated in an election for the October 2009 - November 2010 term. Your First Vice President and Vice Presidents can be found on the leadership team page.
EUR-ACE SPREAD Mid-Term Conference to be Held in Turkey
The EUR-ACE SPREAD (European Engineering Accreditation) project will hold its Mid Term conference in Istanbul on 1 March 2010. The first announcement of the event can be found here; the detailed programme is still in preparation (additional information will be soon available on http://www.enaee.eu/projects/eur-ace_spread/eur-ace_spread_home.html).
GEDC Website to be Launched Early 2010
For the past several months, Michigan State University has been working hard on the Global Engineering Deans Council website. The site is planned to go live in early January 2010. Check back here for updates.
IFEES Meeting at ASEE Annual Conference
IFEES will have a general meeting at the ASEE Annual Conference next year in Louisville, KY. The meeting is scheduled tentatively for Monday, 21 June from 2:14-5:00pm. Meeting time will be finalized by 27 January. Please plan to attend!
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NOVEMBER 2009
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25 November 2009
Message from IFEES President
You may find an updated message from IFEES President Lueny Morell on the About tab.
Recent Executive Committee Conference Call
The current IFEES Executive Committee "met" this past Monday, 23 November to discuss several items including election of IFEES Vice Presidents for the 2010-2011 term, the meeting between several IFEES members in Mangalore, India in December, and next year's IFEES Summit in Singapore.
II International Conference on Ethics and Human Values in Engineering
The World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), the largest worldwide organisation representing engineers and engineering organisations, and the Chair “ENDESA Red” of Human Values in Engineering Victoriano Muñoz Oms of the Technical University of Catalonia, Spain, will hold the II International Conference on Ethics and Human Values in Engineering in Barcelona, Spain, from March 2nd to the 4th of 2010. For more information, visit: www.catedravmo.com.
WEEF 2010 Planning Blog
For NUS, IFEES, GEDC, IACEE, and SPEED representatives who are involved in planning for the World Engineering Education Forum in Singapore next year, please see the new blog for updates on individual and corporate program updates. The IFEES Secretariat has created this blog for the purpose of reducing email flooding, and centralising information regarding the Forum. If you would like to add updates, please notify Stephanie Eng.
17 November 2009
ATTN: IFEES Member Contribution Fees
If you have not already indicated your society's membership commitment level [Observer, Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Corporate] for October 2009 - September 2010, please email Stephanie Eng; an invoice will be emailed to you immediately. A detailed value proposition for all membership levels can be found here.
IFEES Member Societies Coming Together in Mangalore
The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) will hold its 39th Annual Convention at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal from December 18 -20, 2009. A National Conference on “Managing Technical Education for Leveraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship” will be organized as a part of the convention. The founding meeting for an Indian Chapter of the GEDC will also take place. SPEED will be facilitating workshops before and after the ISTE conference.
IFEES Publication on Engineering Education on a Global Scale
Several IFEES member society representatives have collaborated to write an extensive piece on engineering education on a global scale which will be published in a future UNESCO book. This report can be found here.
SEFI to temporarily host EUGENE website
The EUGENE Academic Network has an interim website hosted by SEFI, which can be found here.
6 November 2009
EUGENE Kick-Off Meeting to Take Place
The
EUropean and Global ENgineering Education (EUGENE) Academic Network will be holding its Kick-Off meeting at the Università degli Studi di Firenze - Aula Magna in Firenze, Italy on Friday, 13 November 2009. Please find details here.
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OCTOBER 2009
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30 October 2009
A New Book on Engineering Education
Innovation and Assessment of Engineering Curricula. Valladolid 2009. - This book a collection of the presentations and other activities carried out at an International Symposium jointly organized by the University of Valladolid and SEFI Curriculum Development Working Group (CDWG) in May 2009. The Symposium was a discussion oriented meeting on topics such as Curriculum Innovation, Accreditation and Assessment, Active Learning, Project and Problem Based Learning, and Examples of Good Practice in Engineering Education.
The information is arranged in several blocks, beginning with one containing the invited lectures. It is followed by papers from the different working sessions and poster presentations, arranged within each block alphabetically by the name of their first authors. The last section contains reports of the working sessions followed by one of the panel round on curriculum innovation, and workshop on innovation and assessment of curricula, in the English and the Spanish sessions.
The contents of the book can be downloaded from http://www.eup.uva.es/simposio09/english.htm.
Global Ranking of Universities Published
Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley again finished first, second, and third in the Annual Ranking of World Universities, published today by China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University. As in previous years, American universities dominated the ranking, filling out 55 of the top 100 positions. The only non-American institutions in the top 20 were the Universities of Cambridge (4), Oxford (10), and Tokyo (20). The Chinese university's ratings, which are based on a formula that includes the number of alumni who win Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, the number of papers published in Nature and Science, and scholarly--citation indexes, is part of a growing global obsession with university rankings.
Rankings can be found here: http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2009.jsp
21 October 2009
IFEES Secretariat Report
The most recent IFEES Secretariat Report can be downloaded here. The Report includes updates from IFEES members on various activities. The Report was presented at the last IFEES meeting at the GCEE in Budapest.
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SEPTEMBER 2009
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24 September 2009
Agenda for Upcoming IFEES Meeting Available
The Agenda for the October 15 IFEES Meeting in at the ASEE Global Colloquium in Budapest may be found here:
IFEES Meeting Agenda (Word 35KB)
23 September 2009
UPDATES ON GEDC WORKSHOP IN BUDAPEST DURING GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM
The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Institute for Deans/Rectors has updated its Workshop Agenda for the ASEE Global Colloquium for Engineering Education. Updates include:
- The Executive Committee of the GEDC will meet at the InterContinental Budapest from 7 am to 9:20 am.
- Additional Sponsors: Dassault Systèmes, Duke University, Hartford University, ISEL, KAIST, Michigan State University, Peking University, University of Toronto, and University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Event time extended from 17:30 to 17:45
For complete event details, please see: Agenda (Word 101KB)
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JULY 2009
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06 July 2009
IUCEE COMPLETES SECOND WEEK OF FLI 2009
The IFEES Secretariat would like to share the final keynote presentation from week two of the Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education's (IUCEE) 2009 Faculty Leadership Institute (FLI). IUCEE's FLI, lead by IFEES President-Elect Krishna Vedula and MP Ravindra, is a three week event, which is taking place this year from 22 June 2009 to 10 July 2009. The 2009 FLI is now currently in its last week.
Final Keynote Presentation by Professor Natarajan Presentation (PDF 150KB)
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JUNE 2009
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29 June 2009
IFEES-SEFI WORKSHOP TO BE HELD 3 JULY 2009 DURING SEFI CONFERENCE
On Friday 3 July 2009, IFEES and SEFI will hold a joint workshop during SEFI's Annual Conference. It will take place from 1-4 July 2009. The workshop will take place in room G1 from 15:30-17:00 and will be moderated by Jose Carlos Quadrado and Anette Kolmos. In addition, IFEES President Lueny Morell will give a keynote address before the workshop from 14:30- 15:00.
For more information regarding the meeting please click here.
29 June 2009
NEW REPORT BY EUA DISCUSSES COLLABORATIVE DOCTORAL EDUCATION
A new report by the European University Association discussing Collaborative Doctoral Education has been released. The document spotlights University-Industry Partnerships for Enhancing Knowledge Exchange.
Report (Word 946KB)
23 June 2009
IFEES PROGRAM MEETING DRAWS 40+ PARTICIPANTS
On 16 June 2009, IFEES held a Program Meeting during the ASEE Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. The event was attended by 40+ participants.
Presentations during the meeting:
- Satish Udpa, "Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) update and developing strategy" Presentation (Powerpoint: 74KB)
- David Delaine, "Reflection about past and future Global Student Forums (GSF) and the role of SPEED" Presentation (PDF: 2.8MB)
- Maria Larrondo-Petrie and José Carlos Quadrado*, "Update on IFEES Summit's past and future" Presentation (Powerpoint: 392KB)
President-Elect Krishna Vedula welcomed everyone and also discussed the Current strategy of the Indo-US Collaborative for EE (IUCEE). Additionally, Jack Lohmann also discussed "Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovation in EE worldwide". Powerpoint was not used for either of these sessions.
* Maria Larrondo-Petrie and José Carlos Quadrado were also the moderators for the meeting.
23 June 2009
ASEE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT HOLDS DIALOGUE MEETINGS WITH KOREAN AND TAIWANESE COLLEAGUES
The ASEE International Department held important dialouge meeting sessions with key Korean and Taiwanese Engineering Education Leaders during the ASEE Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. In addition, the Department also took part in a session of ASEE's Corporate Member Council (CMC) Special Interest Group on International Engineering Education, which discussed the concept of the Global Engineer. Please see below for the presentations and other materials from these meetings.
Korea-US Panel:
ACCREDITATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES
The opening speakers for this session were:
- Dr. Sarah Rajala, President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Professor and Dean, Mississippi State University
- Dr. Dae Hee YOUN, President of the Korean Society of Engineering Education (KSEE); Professor, Yonsei University
Panel
- Dr. Oh Yang Kwon, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University; Vice President, ABEEK(Accreditation Board for Engineering Education ofKorea)
- Dr. Yun Mook Lim, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Yonsei University; Director for International Relationship, KSEE (Korean Society of Engineering Education)
- Dr. Edwin C. Jones, Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University
- Dr. Patricia Daniels, Professor Emerita, Seattle University
Taiwan-US Session:
ADVANCING TAIWAN-US COLLABORATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Panel Co-Chairs:
Dr. J. P. Mohsen, President Elect, American Society for Engineering Education
Dr. Chi-Cheng Chang, Professor & current Chair of Applied Science Education Discipline, National Science Council
Panel:
- Dr. Chi-Cheng Chang, Professor & Current Chair of Applied Science Education Discipline, National Science Council
- Dr. Hsi-Chi Hsiao,
Chair Professor & Consultant of Science Education Department and former Chair of Applied Science Education Discipline, National Science Council
- Dr. Fuh-Sheng (Frank) Shieu,
Professor & Chair of Material Science Discipline, National Science Council
- Dr. Allen Soyster, Division Director Engineering Education and Centers, National Science Foundation, USA
- Dr. Karl Smith, Professor of Cooperative Learning in Engineering Education and Fellow of Discovery Center, USA
- Dr. Jack Lohmann,
Associate Provost and Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Corporate Member Council Special Interest Group on Engineering Education
09 June 2009
SUMMER 2009 PRISM ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS BUDAPEST AND SURROUNDING COUNTRIES
ASEE has released its Summer 2009 Edition Prism. Highlighted within the magazine is an article entitled "Shadows of the Past" by Thomas Grose, which discusses engineering education in Budapest, Hungary, and surrounding Eastern European countries.
This article first appeared in the Summer 2009 Prism (www.prism-magazine.org)
ASEE will hold its 8th Annual Global Colloquium this October in Budapest, Hungary.
- For more information please see the Global Colloquium Website
08 June 2009
GEDC WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN BUDAPEST DURING GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM
The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Institute for Deans/Rectors Invites you to Attend its Workshop that will be part of the ASEE Global Colloquium for Engineering Education: "The Influence of Globalization in Engineering Education, Pedagogies and Accreditation" The event will take place at The Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, on Monday October 12, 2009 from 09:30- 17:30.
Please note The Executive Committee of the GEDC will meet at the Academy from 8 am to 9:20 am just before the workshop and will be by invitation only.
For more information on the event: Agenda (PDF 101KB)
For more information regarding the GEDC please view the following:
- The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Bylaws (18 KB)
- Presentations from GEDC Meeting in Boston: Link to presentations
01 June 2009
DRAFT
CONCEPT PAPER FOR SINGAPORE GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM RELEASED
The draft concept paper for the Global Colloquium in Singapore has become available. The event titled: Â World Engineering Education Forum “Effective Collaborations Addressing Common and Global Challenges” will take place 15-24 October 2010.
The World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) is designed to provide a cutting edge and effective platform for communication and collaboration among the world's stakeholders in engineering education, locating itself strategically in a key strategic locale.
- Ninth ASEE Global Colloquium
- Twelfth IACEE/WCCEE Meeting
- Fourth IFEES Summit
- First Global Conference of the Global Engineering Deans Council ( GEDC)
- Seventh Global Student Forum
Fore more information please see the Draft Concept Paper (Word 62KB)
01 June 2009
CHINA ASSOCIATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) is sponsoring an International Conference entitled "Integration Interaction Innovation" on 21-22 October, 2009, in Beijing, China. Key individuals for this conference include Professor Yu Shouwen, IFEES Vice President and Founding IFEES President Claudio Borri.
For more information: Event Flyer (PDF 3503 KB)
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MAY 2009
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29 May 2009
SECRETARIAT ANNOUNCES IFEES EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ELECTION RESULTS
The following IFEES leaders were elected during our Member Assembly on Wednesday:
- President Elect: Krishna Vedula for President Elect
- Executive Committee (Two Year Period): Funso Falade, Maria Petrie, Jennifer deBoer, Chew Soon Hoe and Ramiro Jordan
All will begin their positions effective 1 November 2009.
THANK YOU TO THOSE COMPLETING THEIR TERM THIS YEAR
The Secreteriat would also like to thank IFEES Executive Committee members who completed their term this year: Xavier Fouger, Omer Hantal and Seeram Ramakrisha.
 29 May 2009
PRESENTATIONS FROM 3RD IFEES GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION SUMMIT AVAILABLE ON IFEES WEBSITE
Presentations given at the 3rd IFEES Global Engineering Education Summit are now available on the IFEES website. To view them please look under the Summit Program.
14 May 2009
SPEED to Hold 5th Global Student Forum and in St. Petersburg
The Student Platform for
Engineering Education Development (SPEED) will hold its 5th Global Student Forum (GSF) in St. Petersburg from 15 May to 23 May, 2009. For more information please see the following documents:
13 May 2009
St. Petersburg IFEES Summit Agenda and Supporting Documents
The IFEES Secretariat has released the Agenda and Supporting documents for the IFEES Member Assembly during the upcoming IFEES Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. IFEES Member Assembly will take place on May 20, 2009 from 14:30-17:30 MSD.
For those attending, the Secretariat asks that you please take time and view these documents prior to the meeting.
*Please note: This ballot is for informational purposes only. Please do not fill out and return to the Secretariat
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APRIL 2009
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20 April 2009
IFEES Website Survey Results Announced
The IFEES Secretariat would like to thank IFEES members for taking time to participate in the recent IFEES website survey and providing their valuable input. According to this feedback, most of the respondents use IFEES website regularly and find it useful. While many of them find content and layout of the website user-friendly, there are some things that could be further improved.
One of the most important goals of the website is to provide IFEES members with necessary tools to promote engineering education. Also, many have pointed out a necessity to create a forum for member discussions and better linkage between academic and corporate partners. Although IFEES website is not intended to be another social networking site, the Secretariat aims to add additional features that, hopefully, will address some of the concerns. The next step forward would be creating a couple of additional pages that will provide resources and information submitted by members. Therefore, members are encouraged to send in interesting publications, resources and other information they would like to share with fellow members.
The Secretariat would also like to build a "facts and questions" page, outlining clearly the goals and objectives of IFEES, as well as addressing questions from the potential members. Considering that Secretariat of IFEES and ASEE office have limited resources, the changes will take place gradually and we aim to implement these additions in the coming months. The result of the website survey are available here.
14 April 2009
A Report of the National Summit Meeting on the Globalization of Engineering Education is now complete
IFEES Secretariat wants to share the recently published report and the Newport Declaration that came out of a NSF sponsored workshop in late 2008, bringing together a small group of primarily US academicians, NSF representatives and Hans J Hoyer.
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March 2009
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February 2009
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 24 February 2009
IFEES Welcomes New Member: Student Platform for Engineering EducationDevelopment (SPEED)
IFEES would like to give a warm welcome to our new member: Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED). Please welcome SPEED to the IFEES community.
20 February 2009
IFEES Secretariat Launches IFEES Newsletter
The IFEES Secretariat, as a part of its efforts to improve communication and to better serve members' needs, is happy to present a bi-monthly IFEES Newsletter. Recognizing that many of the members are very busy professionals who have little time to browse IFEES website, the Secretariat wants to bring the most important IFEES news to the members in the most engaging, succinct and efficient way. Besides providing with a short update from the IFEES Secretariat, IFEES Newsletter is created to inform about upcoming events and meetings that may be of interest to the members, as well as to provide them with an opportunity to get to know each other through an “IFEES Member Spotlight” feature. The IFEES Newsletter now available for download (PDF: 126KB).
 5 February 2009
IFEES would like to give a warm welcome to our new member: Engineers Canada/Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. Please welcome Engineers Canada/Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board to the IFEES community.
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January 2009
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 16 January 2009
ACOFI 2009
National Meeting and Engineering Expo, Santa Marta, Colombia
September 16-18, 2009
IFEES' member, ACOFI, will host its national meeting to generate an academic environment for analyzing and reflecting upon the relationship between the university, the productive sector and the State, from the perspective of Engineering Schools, with regard to processes of entrepreneurship and innovation and their impact upon society.
Specific Objectives:
- Disseminate the capacity of engineering schools for generating science, technology and innovation, in order to promote alliances and optimize resource usage.
- Reflect on the development of science and technology and their pertinence in terms of the country's appropriation and sustainability.
- Debate current requirements and strategies for training engineers.
- Debate the productive sector needs with regard to the training of engineers in masters degrees and PhDs.
- Identify technological management models which show an articulation between the university and the external sector
More information is available here (PDF: 2.68MB)
12 January 2009
IFEES would like to give a warm welcome to our new member: Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE). Please welcome AAEE to the IFEES community.
 January 8 2009
ANFEI Workshop, Merida, Mexico
March 9-13, 2009
Title: Curriculum Innovation and Quality Assurance: a Roadmap for Excellence
Goal: to help faculty, deans and higher education leadership understand the importance of planning curriculum innovation to respond to stakeholder needs, developing industry-university partnerships and a quality assurance culture for effective decision making and improvement at all levels in higher education. The NAE 2006 award winning Learning Factory program, its characteristics and development process will be used as an example throughout the course.
Expected outcomes: At the end of the workshop, participants will be expected to:
- Understand the basics of curriculum innovation in response to stakeholders needs
- Become aware of how to transform a traditional course syllabus into a competency-based syllabus
- Learn about student learning outcomes, assessment tools and consider adopting them in their classrooms
- Develop a plan for curriculum innovation
- Understand the importance of establishing a quality assurance culture for continuous improvement of higher education
- Understand the basics of building and nurturing university-industry relationships
More information is available here(PDF: 93KB)
January 8 2009
2009 IFEES Global Summit, St. Petersburg, Russia
May 18-23, 2009
The IFEES Secretariat would like to share the following update for the attendees and guests of the 2009 IFEES Global Summit, St. Petersburg, Russia. We want to emphasize that this is still under development but felt it necessary to provide you with at least some information at this time.
The 2009 IFEES Global Summit will take place on May 19-23, 2009, in St. Petersburg, Russia. Preliminary IFEES Summit program is available here(PDF: 134KB). The International Colloquium, hosted by the Russian Association for Engineering Education (RAEE), will take place on May 20-22. General information regarding this event, registration fees and preliminary program can be found on Colloquium's website: http://ac-raee.ru/colloquium.
Guest and participants should note that Russian visa processing may take longer depending on the type of visa and requirements of the local Russian consulates. IFEES Global Summit attendees are strongly encouraged to contact Russian consulate offices in their respective countries well in advance and find out visa requirements and application processing details. The following are the links to the Russian consulates in several countries:
There are currently two types of visa IFEES Global Summit attendees may consider applying for, business or tourist visa. Business visa invitation letters usually take longer to process, therefore attendees are encouraged to send their passport, institutional affiliation and contact information to the Russian organizers in RAEE at Colloquium@ac-raee.ru by January 15th, 2009.
The other option, tourist visa, can be arranged with the help of hotel Azimut, where majority of attendees will be staying and all IFEES Global Summit events will take place. General information regarding rooms rates, conference space and contact details for hotel's staff can be found at:
http://www.azimuthotels.ru/en/hotels/st_peterburg/about_hotel.
Please note that the tourist agencies at various Russian hotels charge different fees for their services of arranging invitation letters. IFEES Global Summit and Colloquium organizers will strive to make special arrangements for processing invitation letters for attendees staying at the Azimut Hotel. However, communication regarding invitation letters with the hotel staff and visa processing are sole responsibility of the guests and attendees.
Please note that the registration fees for the IFEES Summit and the RAEE Colloquium are still under discussion. We will finalize in late January.
 7 January 2009
5th Global Students Forum on Engineering Education
Extendend Deadline for application is the 15th January 2008
The Student Platform for Engineering Education Development (SPEED) in cooperation with the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) and the Russian Association for Engineering Education (RAEE) will gather 100 student leaders in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 15th-23rd, 2009, for the Global Student Forum (GSF) on Engineering Education. The GSF event is part of the 3rd IFEES Global Summit, which will draw academics, representatives from government, industry and non-profit organisations, and students from all around the world to discuss issues pertinent to engineering education.
The GSF program will focus on developing thinking from a global perspective and providing a local applicability to students ideas. Students will share ideas and discuss the skills and competencies of a modern successful engineer and how to implement such current practices into curriculum in order to improve engineering education. Students will participate in a series of workshops, discussions, presentations and creation of action plans that will enable them to become a factor of change in the development of engineering education curriculum.
Program Highlights:
- Problem Based Learning (Workshop)
- Student Leadership (Workshop)
- Creativity as a factor of Quality (Workshop)
- Cooperative Learning (Workshop)
- Service Learning (Workshop)
- Virtual Learning (Workshop)
- Student Discussion Forum (Discussion)
- Participation in IFEES/RAEE Global Summit
- Cultural program and visits to architectural and cultural jewels of St.
Petersburg
SPEED, IFEES and RAEE kindly invite you and all your interested colleagues to attend the 5th GSF.
For further information: http://worldspeed.org/gsf2009russia
For enquiries regarding the programme, please contact:
For enquires regarding the venue, please contact:
For enquires regrding visa and invitations, please contact:
January 5 2009
 First IFEES Asia Pacific Regional Conference and 38th Annual Convention of the Indian Society for Technical Education hosted in Bhubaneswar, India
IFEES member - the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) hosted the first IFEES Asia Pacific Regional Conference in conjunction with its own 38th Annual Convention on the beautiful campus of KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, India on December 19 - 21, 2008. Given the leadership and support provided by Professor Shetty, President of ISTE, and his team as well as the active participation of several IFEES members and the General Secretary, IFEES was able to successfully conduct its first regional conference bringing engineering education leaders from throughout Asia and other continents. The structure of the IFEES Regional conference focused on the following themes and counted on approximately 200 participants:
- “Challenges in Engineering Education in the Asia Pacific Region” and featured several speakers from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Singapore;
- “Skill Development for the Global Workforce Requirement.” The Global Student Forum included approximately 40 students from India, other South Asian countries, Europe and the US;
- “Industry Expectations of Institutions and Industry Obligations to Institution” and featured nine corporate speakers including IFEES members Dassault Systemes, Infosys and Autodesk;
- “IFEES Mission and Strategies in Search for Excellence in Engineering Education Worldwide.” Speakers included the representatives of the Global Engineering Deans Council, IUCEE, ISTE and the IFEES Secretary General.
IFEES leader Mervyn Jones, representing the IACEE, was the keynote speaker to the ISTE Convention, as well as Jack Lohmann and Karl Smith offered a well attended workshop focusing on engineering education research and the Journal for Engineering Education. Mervyn also presented a workshop on his research related to life-long learning.
IFEES Executive Committee member Xavier Fouger of Dassault Systemes was responsible for planning, facilitating, and identifying nine corporate colleagues for the panel discussion on industry. |
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