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IFEES — GEDC Bulletin
July 2016 | Volume 1, Issue 2
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
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Member Briefs
The engineering profession is currently facing very important challenges, both from
industry and academia, as well as from society as a whole. Industry needs and demands more and better trained professionals; academic institutions are at a crossroads
between the Industrial Revolution, teaching methods and digital society learning requirements. Last but not least, society needs those engineers capable of solving the
most demanding global issues, such as those included in the NAE Grand Challenges.
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Engineering Deans from Around
the World Come Together to
Discuss Climate Change
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Transforming Engineering Education through Mobile Devices
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Engineering + (& Convergence)
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Freshman Experiential Learning Course Expands; Students
Design Fitness Trackers
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Reflections from the Global
Entrepreneurship Summit 2016
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Featured Dean: Kunwoo Lee
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Recommended Reading
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Upcoming Events
Effectively addressing these challenges requires the collaborative efforts of all the
stakeholders involved on a global scale, and that is the reason why organizations like
GEDC, SPEED and IFEES are so important. Our regular meetings gather colleagues
from almost one third of the countries in the world and from all six continents. The
kind of interactions that these conferences generate are, undoubtedly, worthwhile not
only for those who attend them, but for their communities as well.
Our next big event will take place in Seoul, Korea from November 6 – 10, 2016.
WEEF & GEDC 2016, organized together with the Korean Society for Engineering
Education (KSEE) and with the Korean Engineering Deans Council (KEDC), and its
overall theme will be “Engineering Education for a Smart Society.” We are working
hard in order to prepare a conference that will be an optimal opportunity for advancing the discussion of our major concerns and hopes related to engineering education
and practice. This will be the perfect occasion for meeting colleagues from all over
the world, and it will also be an excellent opportunity for our students to participate in
the Global Student Forum (GSF), which will take place just before the main event. It
is important to highlight that each attending member of the organizing entities
can register a student to attend the WEEF for free (deadline Oct. 26).
Meanwhile, both the GEDC and IFEES Executive Committees are taking care of the
needs and demands of our members and we are certainly committed to fulfill our respective missions and visions. We invite you to reach out to us with your ideas and
proposals that may invigorate our organizations as well as better serve you and your
communities. Please let us know if we are fulfilling your expectations or, if not, what
we can do to improve our activities and services.
One last comment before finishing this short note, please consider joining us in a
more active role by nominating yourself to a position in the IFEES Executive Committee. The deadline for receiving nominations is September 5th, so hurry up!!
Uriel Cukierman
IFEES President, 2014-2016
www.gedcouncil.org
Peter Kilpatrick
GEDC Chair, 2015-2017
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Awards & Elections
María Larrondo Petrie to Receive
2016 IFEES Duncan Fraser Award
2016 GEDC Election Update
The 2016 GEDC Election Committee, chaired by Paul Feigin,
have finalized the 2016 GEDC ballot. Members can cast their
ballots until September 15, 2016.
In a unanimous decision by the IFEES
Executive Committee on July 28th,
2016, Dr. María Mercedes Larrondo
Petrie has been selected as the 2016
recipient of the IFEES Duncan Fraser
Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education.
The 2016 elections include the GEDC Chair-Elect (20162017), Secretary/Treasurer (2016-2017) and six Executive
Committee members (2016-2019). Elected members will assume their roles during WEEF-GEDC 2016 Seoul. There are
14 nominees representing 10 countries.
Petrie is the co-founder and Executive
Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of
Engineering Institutions (LACCEI) and serves as the Associate
Dean of International Affairs as well as a Professor of
Computer Science and Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (USA).
For the 2016 ballot and voting information, click here.
Petrie is being recognized for her outstanding teaching, training of engineering educators, mentorships of both faculty and
students, and her impact on diversity and inclusion. She has
been one of the strongest leaders and promotors of excellence
in engineering education not only in Latin America but also
worldwide.
GEDC Airbus Diversity
Award Deadline Extension
Read her full profile, more details about her work and the
IFEES Duncan Fraser Global Award here.
Submit Nominations for the
2016 IFEES Executive Committee
The GEDC Airbus Diversity Award nomination deadline has
been extended until September 5, 2016, 12 (noon) GMT. Nominees do not need to be affiliated with the GEDC; however,
shortlisted candidates will need to have their selection formally
supported by a dean of engineering.
IFEES member organizations can submit nominations for the
IFEES Executive Committee (2016—2018) until September 5,
2016. Nominations are open to current IFEES representatives
or an individual from an IFEES member organization.
Three finalists will be selected to present their projects to a
distinguished jury at WEEF&GEDC 2016 Seoul. The finalists
will be celebrated at the GEDC Airbus Diversity Award dinner, as part of a gala evening celebrating diversity in engineering education, where the 2016 Award recipient will be announced.
In order to be placed on the ballot, nominees must submit
their:
 Photo
 One page biography (no CVs please)
The recipient will be awarded USD 10,000 and two others
USD 1,500 each. This is intended to both recognize their work
in the field to date, and support their continuing initiatives.
 Rationale for serving on the IFEES Executive Committee
If nominating an individual from within a member organization, a letter of suppor t fr om that or ganization’s IFEES
Representative also needs to be included with the aforementioned ballot materials.
Apply Now for the 2016 GEDC Airbus Diversity Award
1. Download the Application Form and Brief for Applicants
2. Make sure that your project, or your team’s project meets
all the criteria for the Award
Nominations for the IFEES Executive Committee need to submit ballot materials to the Chair of the IFEES Election Committee, Michael Auer and Hans-Jürgen Hoyer.
3. Complete the application form, and e-mail the materials to
candidate@gedcairbusdiversityaward.com by 12 (noon)
GMT on September 5, 2016
Once the ballot has been finalized, IFEES representatives may
vote electronically from September 9 through October 7, 2016.
Representatives may also vote in person at the IFEES General
Assembly on November 8, 2016 during WEEF-GEDC 2016
Seoul.
4. Remember to include all supporting material with your
application form
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IFEES and GEDC Members Gather in New Orleans
During ASEE’s Annual Conference and Exposition in New Orleans this past June, over 50 IFEES and GEDC members and colleagues gathered for the annual IFEES-GEDC Reception and Dinner as well as the IFEES-GEDC Breakfast on June 26th and
28th, respectively.
Paul Gilbert of Quanser Consulting generously sponsored the Reception again this year,
which afforded IFEES and GEDC members an opportunity to socialize in person. Following the reception, guests were treated to traditional Louisiana Cajun fare catered by
Restaurant Lüke during a dinner moderated by IFEES President, Uriel Cukierman, and
GEDC Chair, Peter Kilpatrick.
Tuesday morning’s IFEES-GEDC Breakfast was moderated by Stephanie Farrell and
Christina White. Members of the community took turns giving short presentation on
various topics impacting engineering education and providing updates on the work of
their organizations. Presenters included Hannah Melia (Granta Design’s Materials Education Symposia) David Radcliffe (Purdue University), Kwangsun Kim (WEEF-GEDC IACEE representatives Kim Scalzo (right) and Linda
2016 Seoul), Hulas King (Siemens), João Rocha (European Society for Engineering Krute (left) pose with UNESCO’s Rovani Sigamoney
Education), Mustafa
Sualp (AEFIS), Krishna Vedula (Indo-Universal Collaboration for Engineering Education), Danilo Zutin (International
Association of Online Engineering and the Global Online Laboratory Consortium-Promoting Online Laboratories), Kim
Scalzo (International Association for Continuing Engineering
Education), Christina White (Global Grand Challenges: Developing Communities for Positive Change) and Stephanie
Farrell (Rowan University).
Siemens Partners with AMIE to
Foster Diversity and Inclusion
For the eighteenth year, Siemens has partnered with Advancing Minorities Interest in Engineering (AMIE) to foster diversity and inclusion in its Product Lifecycle Management business unit. Siemens is proud to continue such a valuable partnership, which has contributed greatly to cultivating an environment of inclusion, respect and diversity throughout our organization and among our customer community.
Apart from the group gatherings, IFEES and GEDC leadership
also spent a considerable portion of the ASEE Conference
meeting with key leaders from several member organizations
including the NAE-GSCP, ASEE, SPEED, Dassault Systèmes
and ACOFI. Leadership also spent time with colleagues from
South Korea in preparation for November’s WEEF-GEDC
2016 Seoul conference. Additionally, a meeting with Rovani
Sigamoney from UNESCO has opened the door for a potential
Memorandum of Understanding between IFEES, the GEDC
and UNESCO.
For more details about Siemens partnership with AMIE and its
other strategic affiliations, visit the Siemens website.
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Promoting Advancements in
Engineering Education in Africa
Funso Falade, who serves as the IFEES Representative for the
African Engineering Education Association (AEEA), traveled
to China and throughout Africa in promotion of engineering
education.
China
Dartmouth Graduates MajorityFemale Engineering Class
Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) hosted the Senior Seminar on Engineering Education and Management for Developing Countries from March 10th through the 19th. Wu Qidi,
Vice-President of Tsinghua University, chaired the seminar
organized by the Tsinghua University Centre for Engineering
Education. The seminar provided a perspective on China’s development roadmap that could be used as a template by other
developing countries. China’s pillars of success in economic
growth and development were highlighted during the seminar.
Dartmouth College granted 54% of its undergraduate engineering degrees to women this past June, making it the first
American research university to award more bachelor’s degrees in engineering to women than men.
Nationally, the proportion of women earning undergraduate
degrees in engineering averages 19 percent, according to data
from the American Society for Engineering Education
(ASEE).
Cameroon
AEEA, in collaboration with the University of Lagos and Saint
Jerome Catholic University Institute, organized a three-day
workshop on Capacity Building for Engineering and Technology Educators in Central Africa. The workshop was held from
April 27th through 29th at Saint Jerome Catholic University
Institute in Douala, Cameroon. GEDC Member Samuel
Mukasa and Yacob Astatke were also at this event.
“By thinking creatively about the content, context, and delivery of engineering education, Dartmouth has achieved a milestone,” said Norman Fortenberry, executive director of
the ASEE. “Other engineering colleges must now match this
achievement.”
Ethiopia
This article was republished with the permission of Dartmouth
University. To read the original article, click here.
Falade was invited by the African Union Commission (AUC)
and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) to the
Stakeholders’ Engagement Meeting in Addis Ababa. The
meeting deliberated on capacities for implementing the Africa
Agenda 2063. The meeting recognized the need for engagement of the African Diaspora in engineering disciplines.
AEEA and IFEES plan to collaborate in enlisting engineering
educators and experts of engineering infrastructure to support
this initiative.
Tanzania & Ghana
Falade is also a member of an international team working on
sourcing alternate materials for cement in construction projects. This program is funded by the German government.
Samuel Mukasa, Yacob Astatke and Funso Falade attend a capacity
building workshop at the Saint Jerome Catholic University Institute
in Douala, Cameroon.
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strategy was to succeed by controlling adversaries’ advancement. While in the second era, innovation cannot be controlled,
so the idea is to accelerate innovation to increase advantage
faster than the adversaries. There are many national players and
the strategy is to succeed as fast as possible because others cannot be stopped.
In terms of the engineering enterprise, Dr. Mote thinks that
there are many global drivers of engineering for today, such as
globalization, innovation, partnerships, expanding opportunities
and increasing demand for talent, expanding access to higher
education and great global problems.
Dan Mote, President of the US
National Academy of Engineering
Gives Speech at Peking University
He pointed out that trust is the underappreciated foundation of
every partnership, and people should ensure trust before enterst
ing into agreements. He also mentioned that talent, especially
On May 31 , 2016, invited by the College of Engineering
(COE), Peking University, Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., President of the with current, in-demand expertise is the coin of the global
US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) gave a speech at realm, that special talents are in high global demand and that
Peking University, on the topic of globalization and engineer- life-long learning in new fields is needed by everyone.
ing enterprise.
C. D. Mote, Jr. is the president of the NAE and Regents’ Professor on leave from the University of Maryland, College Park.
He earned his BS, MS, and PhD degrees at UC-Berkeley in
mechanical engineering, and later became an assistant professor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, an
endowed chair in mechanical systems at Berkeley and chair of
the Mechanical Engineering Department, and vice chancellor
of Berkeley successively. The NAE elected him to membership
At the beginning of the talk, Dr. Mote pointed out that the conin 1988 and to the position of President for a six–year term betext of innovation environment has shifted from the Cold War
ginning in 2013.
era (1945-1990) to post-Cold War era (2000 to today). In the
first era, the idea was to control information and innovation to This article was published with the permission of Peking
University. To access the original article, click here.
protect advantage. There were few national players and the
Nearly 200 teachers and students from the COE, School of
Physics, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, School
of Environmental Science and Engineering and School of Earth
and Space Sciences were attracted to the event, which was
hosted by Professor Dongxiao Zhang, dean of the COE and
GEDC leader.
GEDC Leader, Sarah Rajala, Recognized by AAES with National Engineering Award
The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) recognized GEDC Leader Sarah
Rajala as the national engineer of the year at an award ceremony on April 18th in Washington,
D.C.
The award recognized Rajala for (1) her inspirational leadership at the institutional, national and
international levels; (2) innovations in engineering education and assessment and (3) her tireless
efforts to promote diversity in the engineering field.
Rajala is Dean of the College of Engineering at Iowa State University and served as GEDC
Chair from 2011 until 2013. She has become the latest member of a prestigious group of engineers who have been recognized as AAES national engineer of the year since it was first awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979.
For more details about this award and Sarah Rajala, visit the Iowa State University website.
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Third Forum of Argentine
Engineering Students—SPEED
Increasing International Collaborations at Ishik University
Miguel Angel Sosa, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional de Argentina
Ahmet Oztas, Ishik University
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Oztas recently attended a reflection and debate
among scholars, chairs and experts entitled: Between University
and School, a Wall or a Bridge in Vatican City, which was held
in collaboration with Lumsa University. Around 120 educators
and stakeholders representing 190 countries participated. As a
result, Ishik University will be collaborating on projects with
institutions in Uganda and Spain.
(UTN) Facultad Regional Delta
From June 2nd to 4th 2016, National Technological University
of Argentina (UTN), Faculty Regional Delta hosted the Third
Forum of Argentinean engineering students. The Forum’s
main focus was to develop action plans following three different approaches: (1) the engineer and corporate social responsibility; (2) the importance of engineering in Latin American
developing countries; and (3) the engineer as a social entrepreneur. Additionally, conferences were held on nanotechnology;
the challenge of flexibility in the organizations today; planned
obsolescence and its relationship with growth and employment
and using modern ICT in education for engineering students.
Oztas also visited IFEES Representative, Dr. Gudrun
Kammasch, at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. During the meetings, they spoke about the potential of starting a student exchange and Erasmus Plus programs in both locations. By the end of this year, Ishik University will be accredited
by ZEvA Accreditation Agency to increase the quality of pro- The Forum’s academic program was coupled with recreational
activities. There was a workshop on CorpoRasti, in which the
grams and ability to work internationally.
participants formed groups and developed different activities
using Rasti bricks focusing on innovation, teamwork and negotiation, among other skills. On Saturday, the participants
were part of a theater workshop, where students were eager to
continue working on the projects they created, to improve the
quality of education in their respective universities and to participate actively in the Forum and in SPEED.
The Federal Council of Engineering Deans of Argentina
(CONFEDI) selected the two best works from the Forum to be
inserted in future issues of the magazine A rgentina Engineering, a publication of the Federal Council of Deans of EngiAhmet Oztas (GEDC Member and Dean at Ishik University) and Gudrun Kammasch
neering, which provides an outlet for scientific communication
(IFEES Representative from the Scientific Society of Engineering Education/IPW)
and the development of experiences and technology transfer.
International Engineering Conference and National
Furthermore, the magazine promotes a relationship between
Innovation Contest in Engineering
universities, industry and state and the innovation and entrepreneurship, businesses, services works, projects and engiIshik University and Erbil Polytechnic University held its 2nd
neering practice.
annual International Engineering Conference (IEC) in Erbil,
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)/Iraq in February 2016 Participants represented several universities and included the
with a theme of Development in Civil & Computer Engineering SPEED vice president for Latin America, the UTN Faculty
Applications. The conference saw the convergence of educators Regional Resistencia, the President of SPEED Argentina Naand leaders in engineering education and provided our graduate tional University of Formosa and the President of the 3rd
students a chance to connect with experienced researchers to FAEI UTN - Facultad Regional Delta. Additionally, Engineerdiscuss their current work, research topics, and future opportuni- ing students from UTN Formosa, La Rioja, La Pampa, Entre
Rios, Rosario, Faculty Regional Resistencia and Faculty Reties.
gional Delta were also present.
The National Innovation Contest in Engineering (NICE 2016)
competition was held in May, 2016. The competition hosted This event was sponsored by CONFEDI, UTN – Faculty Remore than fourteen different institutes and universities of KRG/ gional Delta, Toyota Argentina, Agrofina, Inmatel and CeluloIraq. 120 projects were successfully presented by 270 students. sa Argentina.
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The School of Engineering at the Lebanese American University (LAU) is proud to collaborate with the American University of Beirut (AUB) and the American University in Cairo
(AUC) in offering a professional online diploma in green
technologies (PRO-GREEN). The diploma was developed by
the three partners in collaboration with University of Alicante, Spain; Lund University, Sweden; Politecnico di Torino,
Italy; Mediterranean Universities Union; and University College Dublin through a grant from the European Union Tempus Programme.
For its sixth year, IFEES collaborated with the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) and the Tsinghua University Center for Engineering Education for an annual series
of IIDEA workshops. This time the main topic of the workshop
was “Engineering Pedagogical Education for Teacher Development and Global Competencies, Integrating Ethics in the Engineering Curriculum”
The target beneficiaries of the PRO-GREEN diploma are
working professionals in fields related to engineering, architecture, science and information technology who want to further develop skills in renewable energy, green buildings and
water resources. The program offers students a wide variety
of 55 courses, while requiring a minimum of 18 credits of
course work. Students are required to concentrate in one of
the three specializations that allow for a simultaneous understanding of advances in selected green technologies and their
interrelations with market economy, policy, and energy laws:
sustainability in energy, water, or buildings. Each selected
specialization includes a project in a related area. The diploma can be completed in 12 to 18 months.
Distinguished leaders from China and abroad shared with attendees their thoughts and aspirations for this year’s workshop
in the opening ceremony, among them Prof. Yang Bin or Prof.
Yuan Si, the Vice (Former Vice) President and provost of
Tsinghua University, Prof. Wu Guokai, the Vice Secretary
General of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Prof. Michael
Auer, the elected president of IFEES, Prof. Greet Langie, the
representative of SEFI, KU Leuven, and Prof. Yu Shouwen,
the Former Vice President of IFEES, Former Vice President of
Tsinghua University. Six speakers from Europe and the USA
& Puerto Rico shared their experiences and led attendees in reflection and discussion of topics
related to the main title. .
The PRO-GREEN diploma is unique because it is one of the
few programs in the Middle East region that is delivered entirely via an e-learning platform, allowing for more flexibility, and greater student access and participation. Furthermore, the diploma will increase capacity building in green
technologies, and the effective collaboration between the industry, academia, and the government.
Launched in spring 2015, PRO-GREEN diploma has been
able to attract an increasing number of students. 80% of the
program’s enrolled students said they would recommend the
PRO-GREEN diploma to their peers; 86% said the general
atmosphere of the program is great for learning; and 77% said
that the program was highly related to their occupations.
Yu Shouwen, IFEES representative for
the Chinese Society of Engineering
Education (CSEE)
This article was published with the permission of American
Lebanese University.
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Chinese colleagues especially
emphasized that this year‘s
workshop was the most successful one. All workshop leaders
and attendees contributed their
best to make it more interactive
and productive. At the same time
the CEE team highly anticipates
future collaboration.
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Interna onal Associa on for Con nuing Engineering Educaon (IACEE) held its 15th World Conference in Porto, Portugal, from May 17 to 20, 2016. The event included two preconference workshops and drew more than 130 a endees from 23 countries. Photo by Shibab Mohammed Bin Solaiman
Shibab Mohammed Bin Solaiman of Bangladesh and student at the Petroleum Ins tute, UAE (GEDC Member Ali Almansoori serves as Dean) has won the My Total Campus Challenge Make Things Be er Challenge. Theme and Keynote Speakers
Par cipants explored the conference theme, “Innova on in Con nuing Professional Development: A Vision for the Future,” from three perspec ves: ensuring con nuing professional development (CPD) university-industry-business alliancSolaiman, who received about 27% of the votes, posted via es, envisioning CPD future modes, and devising CPD stakesocial media a photo of his solar car using the holders’ next steps. Keynote speakers included Michael Knuth, #MakeThingsBe er Challenge hashtag. vice president, human resources management, organiza onal Total will be paying for Solaiman to a end the Global Student development and con nuous improvement process, BOSCH;
David Houle, futurist, thinker and speaker; & Thorsten Kliewe, Form (GSF) this November in Seoul, South Korea. vice president, University Industry Innova on Network. My Total Campus Challenges offers an opportunity for university students to share their achievements via social media un- Porto Declara on
der various challenge hashtags. Total’s next challenge will One of the highlights of the 2016 conference is the issuance of begin in October. the Porto Declara on on May 20, 2016 to set the path for the future of the associa on. The declara on is a pledge of commitment by IACEE council members to serve as follows: “… in keeping with its dedica on to lifelong learning, the IACEE will develop global ini a ves to address those 21st century challenges threatening the survival of humankind through collaboThe 7th North American Materials Educa on Symposium ra on, design, crea ve thinking and engineering.” The full NAMES) was the biggest to date, with 82 par cipants playing a declara on is available here. full part in two days of s mula ng discussion. Hosted by the Leadership 2016 to 2018
University of California, Berkeley, the themes included engagThe IACEE world conference is the associa on’s signature ing student interest, broadening horizons, sustainability in deevent. It takes place at a different loca on every two years sign, and materials and design. and brings together members from all over the world. At each The 8th Interna onal Materials Educa on Symposium (IMES) conference, a new council is elected. The new president of was also its biggest to date, with 133 par cipants from 25 IACEE is Soma Chakrabar , Ph.D., director, Division of Profescountries playing a full part in two days of s mula ng discus- sional and Con nuing Studies, University of Delaware. She will sion. Clare College, Cambridge, was the venue for the third lead the organiza on with the 19 newly elected council memsuccessive year and the themes were engaging student inter- bers from 12 countries and the secretary general, Nelson C. est, materials and design, bioengineering, pedagogy, and Baker, Ph.D., dean, Georgia Tech Professional Educa on un l broadening horizons. the 2018 IACEE World Conference. Read the report on the 7th Symposia here and the 8th here. Read the full conference report here. 10 GlobalEngineer: IFEES-GEDC Bulletin
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E n g i n e e r i n g D e a n s f r o m A r o u n d t h e Wo r l d C o m e To g e t h e r
to Discuss Climate Change at McMaster University
E
ngineering deans from around the globe came together at McMaster University to brainstorm ways to address climate change using innovative technology. Several key GEDC leaders were present, including
GEDC Chair Peter Kilpatrick, Ishwar Puri, Natacha DePaola, Norman Tien and Hans-Jürgen Hoyer.
The inaugural Carbon Free Innovation Network (CaFIN) event, hosted by the university’s Faculty of Engineering, brought together academics, industry experts and government officials on July 6 to explore challenges to reducing carbon emissions; pathways to creating a carbon neutral economy; and how to better incorporate green technology approaches into engineering education.
“Climate change impacts every country on the planet and is diminishing human and societal health and prosperity and
will worsen without intervention,” says Ishwar K. Puri, McMaster’s Dean of Engineering. “As members of the global
engineering community, we need to accept our responsibility for developing carbon neutral solutions for the betterment of humanity.”
A declaration was signed between the engineering deans of McMaster University, Illinois Institute of Technology, the
University of Notre Dame, Seoul National University, University of Hong Kong and leaders from the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) to pledge their commitment to developing carbon neutral innovations, spurring local
and national economies as a result and improving the well being of nations.
“We need more urgent actions on climate change from technical leaders around the world,” said GEDC Chair Peter
Kilpatrick, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering and Chair of the GEDC. “I’m delighted that
the deans of engineering from these four countries and five universities came together today to go on record and commit to research and education that would impact climate change.”
The GEDC is an international organization whose members are top engineering academic leaders from around the
world. More than 500 deans belong to the council representing more than 30 countries from all continents. McMaster
is hosting the organization’s annual conference in October 2017.
Several experts spoke throughout the day-long CaFIN event, including engineering academics, representatives from
global consulting engineering company Hatch, ArcelorMittal Dofasco, the Ontario Centres of Excellence and the
Mayor of Burlington Rick Goldring.
This article was republished with the permission of McMaster University.
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Tom Lee, Quanser Consulting Tablets and smartphones are a thoroughly accessible and
friendly computing platform that can become a transformative
learning system for engineering. This was the trigger point for
a new technology called qdex introduced by Quanser last year.
qdex is a development and deployment framework that makes
it easy to create rich learning
apps for phones and tablets. The
platform is very adept at dealing
with technical engineering content including plots, equations,
simulations and data collection.
The qdex vision is that anyone
with nominal programming experience can produce an interactive app, rich in technical content in a couple of days, instead
of weeks or months.
major focus on the qdex system. Professor Uriel Cuikermann
(also current IFEES President), believes that the approach proposed by the Canadian project may have strong appeal within
their local academic community. Professor Ramiro Jordan
from The University of New Mexico has also expressed interest in joining this collaboration
creating a very promising North
-South, Spanish language link.
projects using qdex. One of the more prominent projects is the
development of a collection of apps that bridge the gap between mathematics taught in high school and the concepts
taught and applied in undergraduate engineering programs.
The lead institution York University has partnered with a
highly ranked Canadian high school, St. Robert Catholic Secondary School and Quanser to design and build a thoroughly
modern approach to feeder mathematics.
Dr. Thomas Lee is the Chief Education Officer at Quanser, a global
company specializing in advanced
lab systems for teaching and research in key fields such as mechatronics, control, and robotics. He
also has adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Waterloo,
University of New Mexico, and York
University.
Perhaps the most interesting
pilot project is coming from a
unique relationship between the
US and Kenya, under the leadership of Professor Jennifer
DeBoer and doctoral student
Dhinesh Radhakrishnan, of the
School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. The
qdex is the result of a research
team is using qdex to introduce
project by Quanser, funded by
engineering methodologies to
the Canadian Natural Science
young students in rural regions
and
Engineering
Research
at the Tumaini Children's DropCouncil (NSERC). The goal was
In Centre, an NGO dedicated to
to develop and commercialize a
empowering and serving street
revolutionary technology, modchildren and youth. Professor
Benga, Clinton, Jimmy and Karis explore a concept on a
ernizing the way students access
DeBoer’s work is a clear examqdex app.
dynamic learning experiences.
ple of how technology that one
Through qdex, students can explore complex concepts any- part of the world considers a fashion accessory, can be an enwhere, anytime with no internet access required. They are able riching learning environment in another. It is an illustration of
to collect data from their environment, analyze empirical in- what can be achieved if we view the same tools and methods
formation relative to theoretical models, and once on campus, with different eyes.
use the same smartphone to operate and observe real experiMore information on the qdex system can be found on http://
ments in their labs.
qdexapps.com/ Any questions on the technology can be forSeveral leading institutions are conducting innovative pilot warded to Quanser at info@quanser.com .
The mathematics bridge has also gained attention globally.
Notably, the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional in Argentina
recently sponsored a workshop on education innovation with a
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Yannis C. Yortsos, University of Southern California
I
view engineering and technology as “leveraging phenomena for useful purposes”, a definition borrowed from
Brian Arthur and which I find effective when I reach out
to constituencies outside academia. “Leveraging” here is
meant to imply the creation of engineered systems and its endowment with “smart” or “intelligent” properties.
“Phenomena” are, in increasing complexity of physical, chemical, biological, geological, cognitive and, not too far in the future (if not already here), social, origin. “Phenomena” can also
be extended to “technologies”, (e.g. “body computing”), to the
development and buildup of nested “hierarchies of technologies”, etc. In that case the above definition contains an inherent
autocatalytic effect of technology and hints towards an enduring Moore’s law (as Kurzweil has proposed). Finally, “useful
purposes” brings in complementary ethics and legal considerations, required for decision making- and it also declares the
potential for unintended consequences.
In my mind, convergence has a number of flavors:
From an engineering-centric perspective, it reflects the nature
of technology and engineering to empower practically every
discipline. I call this Engineering + X, where X is any other
discipline. Its most overt manifestation is the pathway Engineering to X (I will call it E2X): Wher e engineer ing empowers X, by making it “smarter”, by introducing efficiencies,
helping open vast new opportunities, and acquire new dimensions and properties, many of which can be disruptive. Digital
media and communications is a good example for such E2X.
Medicine is another E2X paradigm. E2X is the ubiquitous digitization of almost everything (quoted in the book “The Second
Machine Age” - as “digital technologies”). And will increasingly be the incoming torrent of cyber-physical disruption with
IoT and other fast rising cyber-physical technologies and systems. Interesting questions arise when X is centered on societal
and or human-nature questions, as will be further discussed on
With the above context, engineering and technology live inher- the next page.
ently in the space of convergence, with specific goal to create
The E2X pathway for convergence is obvious, appealing and
“intelligent” edifices. These two characteristics will continue
exciting, and it may well be the backbone of future CBERs.
being fundamental and increasingly important in the nextThe reverse path of the {Engineering + X} convergence is Xgeneration engineering research. They will be keys to both the
centric, X to Engineering (I will call it X2E). We will discuss it
solution of Grand Challenge-type questions, as well as to the
below. There is another pathway- actually a most traditional
development of new technology infrastructure.
one- where Engineering and X co-mingle (EUX). Examples
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abound when X denotes natural sciences, such as Biological
Sciences, Quantum Physics, Quantum Communications, etc.
Here the “useful purposes” of the above definition is “enabling
new scientific discovery”, and will in turn lead to new “useful
purposes”, and a new E2X pathway, where X can be, for example, Medicine, or new Computational Technologies, in the two
examples cited. This EUX pathway is a tightly intertwined
“double helix” of (mostly) natural sciences and engineering. It
supports particularly the development of new technologies and
infrastructure, and may be setting additional frameworks for
solving Grand Challenges. I would parallel such technological
development with the “exponential technologies” cited in “The
Second Machine Age”. EUX is another pathway model for
Convergence. Again, it is important to reflect on cases when X
includes societal and or human questions.
Interesting questions arise when X represents a discipline or
processes dominated not by logic or the natural sciences, but
rather by social sciences, by emotions, or by legal or ethical
considerations or by character. What are the E2X and X2E
pathways then? There are increasing efforts where rapid advances are being made in the first E2X pathway, for example,
behavioral informatics, neuroscience and psychology, entertainment, human-machine interaction, built environmenthuman interaction and many others. The reverse pathway, endowing engineering and technological constructs with uniquely
human properties is of course disruptive, potentially worldchanging- and one that will almost certainly be pursued. As
technology continues its exponential march, ethical and moral
questions will inevitably arise- with vast ramifications. Consider ethics and decision-making in the operation of autonomous
systems, such as drones or driverless cars. Or other humanmachine interfaces. Should the relevance of such questions also
be part of future engineering research? Fast growing movements, such as “AI for Social Good”, suggest a positive answer
to the above question. On the converse side, I will also comment that when X refers to societal-emphasis disciplines (e.g.
social work), progress towards the solution of X-type grand
challenges (such as the recently articulated Social Work Grand
Challenges) can only realistically be achieved if technology
and engineering, in their most general sense, are brought to
bear. My argument rests on the notion that human nature has
remained unchanged over the years, while technology has experienced exponential gains. Such empowerment can be used
to the benefit of solving grand challenges of the X-type.
EUX is also r elevant to socio-technical systems, many of
which are inherent to the development of engineered system.
These include: Systems Engineering, Design, Technology
Startups, Technology and Engineering Management, Systems
and Enterprises. The exponential growth of technology, the
connection of everyone with everything, the digitization of everything is ushering in a revolution in organization and scope,
with concepts and processes such as the cloud, the ability for
instant and global outreach, big data, system networks, IoT and
cybersecurity being the new vocabulary and tools. These components will be increasingly important to engineering research,
both in regards to the design and development of engineered
systems, and to the process of incubation that will need to be
part of the innovation of the future. In this context The Future
X Network authored by Bell Labs President Marcus Weldon is Yannis C. Yortsos serves as Dean of the USC Viterbi School of
worth referencing.
Engineering since 2005 and a GEDC Regular Member. He is a member of the NaWe will close the discussion on convergence by discussing the
tional Academy of Engineering and an
X2E pathway, wher e X impar ts what one can call Xassociate member of the Academy of
mimetic processes and principles. (Biomimetic processes are
Athens. He received a BS from the
most common.) For certain X-mimetic processes, X2E is the
National Technical University in
shortcut for obtaining optimal answers to complex problems
Greece and MS and PhD degrees from
that nature has uncovered, representing “nature’s” optimizathe California Institute of Technology,
tion, which has been practiced by nature over the millions years
all in chemical engineering.
of evolution. I would argue that such convergence pathways
should also be part of engineering research, given that an engineered system would likely be the essential outcome of any
such research. As an example one can cite Reverse Engineering
the Brain, one of the NAE Grand Challenges.
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rom hovercrafts to quadcopters and now fitness trackers, UC Irvine engineering students are embracing
the opportunity to design, build and test a multidisciplinary project in their first year of study. The first of
its kind in the UC system, the Samueli School’s Introduction to
Engineering class is an experiential learning course that gives
students a hands-on engineering experience.
Thirty teams (165 students) completed the quadcopter autonomous mapping challenge this year. The quads had to use sensors to detect four objects, then, based on coordinates of a specific object, wirelessly transmit and light up a specific color on
a LED panel. Team Tech-no-logic successfully completed all
the tasks for the win.
In response to student and faculty input for more variety of projects, Wu consulted with the Freshman Program Faculty Advisory Committee and at the suggestion of biomedical engineer
Bernard Choi, they decided to try a fitness tracker. It would
involve biomedical, electrical, chemical and computer science
engineering disciplines, making it a good alternative to the
more mechanical and aerospace-based quadcopter. So, during
winter quarter, 23 students working in four teams took on the
challenge of designing a fitness tracker.
About one third of this year’s incoming freshmen enrolled in
the course (253 students in fall; 188 in – winter quarter). Class
instructor Lily Wu, director of academic innovation and programs, who herself was once a UCI freshman, explains that
although physics, math and chemistry are the foundation for
engineering knowledge, these courses don’t explain the field to
freshmen students. There was no easy pathway to meet other
students interested in engineering from these non-engineering
courses. She wishes she’d had something like it when she was
The multidisciplinary project required students to learn Arduino
in school.
coding, develop an algorithm to interpret accelerometer data to
“It’s been very rewarding for me to create this class,” says Wu. count a person’s steps, create a mobile app as well as construct
“And 91 percent of this year’s enrollees surveyed said they a wristband that would contain all the electrical components.
would recommend the course to incoming freshmen.”
“Each of the teams had a strength above the others,” says Amy
The project-based course introduces students to basic fabrica- Dunford, a grad student in mechanical and aerospace engineertion skills such as hand tools, machining, woodworking and ing and the teaching assistant who ran the class. “ArduinoYes
simple electronics. During lab sessions, they learn how to use created the most compact electronic assembly, KCB Fitness
computer-aided-design (CAD) software and program microcon- created the most visually appealing and compact wristband,
trollers. They are taught the concepts of product development, Muffin Tops had the most accurate step-count algorithm and
project management, technical communication and the im- data transfer, and Step It Up had the most user-friendly and roportance of teamwork. Many students cite teamwork as key to bust mobile app.”
their project’s success. The course also gives students an overThe majority of the students who participated in the fitness
view of the engineering disciplines offered at the school. The
tracker pilot course were satisfied or very satisfied with the exmain goal is to motivate and retain students’ interest in engiperience, based on their evaluation surveys. Student comments
neering.
showed they liked having a second project option: “Having two
Now in its fourth year, the program continues to expand and different projects exposes students to much more content,” “It
develop. For the first two years, students built hovercrafts; now gives us a chance to try different disciplines,” and “Overall I
they’re building quadcopters.
think this was a very fun and helpful class, I would definitely
take it again. Course material was interesting and we had a very
“We wanted our students to apply the engineering design progood TA.”
cess to a prototype that has the potential to become a real product. Drones can be used in a variety of applications – package This article was published with the permission of the University
delivery, communications for military, or filming for movies of California, Irvine. To access the original article, click here.
are just a few examples,” Wu says.
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Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University
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had the opportunity to attend the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) organized by the US Government in
Stanford, Silicon Valley between 22nd and 24th of June 2016. Secretary of State John Kerry and several other senior governmental officers have delivered talks in the event. On Friday 24th US President Obama delivered a keynote urging the
importance of innovation and entrepreneurship, and also moderated an interesting and fun panel in which young and ambitious successful entrepreneurs from Egypt, Peru, and Rwanda
together with Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook.
The Kaufman Foundation report (2015) indicated that in 2015,
startup activities in the US saw the largest rise in 20 years. The
new and emerging startups in the USA throughout 2015 have
been the main source net job creation in the country (Kaufman
Foundation Report, 2015). This is the 7th series of GES, which
has been held previously in the UAE, Turkey, India and Morocco. Since the UAE summit, held in 2012, significant emergence
in entrepreneurial activities has been observed over the past couple of years.
Image by L.A. Cicero
Technological innovation and socio-economic impact has been
the characterizing DNA of the GES 2016, and has indeed been
the driving force of knowledge and economic growth of modern Winners of the GIST Tech-I Pitch Competition 2016, from left, Kenia
and developed societies over the past decades. Several engineer- Mattis, ListenMi, Jamaica and Oded Ben Dov, Sesame Enable, Israel
ing and computing schools have begun to become aware of the appear with Steven Case, right, co-founder of AOL.
importance of incorporating technological innovation and entrepreneurship as a core of their education; however, it is still on a
limited scale outside of the USA. As innovation is highly rooted in engineering and technology, the lack of innovation in the
engineering pedagogies of many countries raises a particularly critical issue.
Observing the USA’s governmental strategic support and systematic programming for innovation and entrepreneurship, the
question to be asked for engineering schools deans, heads of departments, faculty and other engineering education stakeholders
is: What is our role and the role of modern engineering and technology education in preparing entrepreneurial graduates for
fostering and scaling up technological innovation for socio-economic impact?
Mahmoud Abdulwahed is the Head of Technology Innovation and Engineering Education (TIEE) at the College of Engineering at Qatar University in Doha.
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Featured Dean
Professor Kunwoo Lee is a professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and
the Dean of Engineering at Seoul
National University (SNU), Korea.
Dean Lee received his BS in 1978
from SNU and the MS and PhD
degrees from MIT in 1981 and
1984, respectively. Dean Lee currently serves as the vice president at the National Academy of Engineering of Korea and the president of the Korean Engineering Deans Council. Additional posts held by
Dean Lee include an executive committee membership at
the Global Engineering Deans Council and the presidency
of the WEEF & GEDC 2016 organization committee.
and internship programs with other international universities. Under these agreements, the college conducts extensive educational exchanges with our partner institutions.
We have more than 300 partner universities worldwide
and continue to form partnerships in order to provide cross
-cultural opportunities and experiences for the students.
What are the latest education advancements at the
College of Engineering under your leadership?
Under my leadership, we have expanded upon courses
aimed at providing hands-on experiences through practice
-based contents. For example, the ‘Capstone Design for
Innovative Engineering’ course provides students with
opportunities to find real-life engineering design problems
in our society and offer tools to explore design solutions.
Is Seoul National University planning to offer any Recently we opened the ‘Haedong Idea Factory’ a creaMassive Open Online Courses [MOOCs] in Engineer- tive space where students can shape their ideas into real
ing?
products. 3D printers, scanners, filming equipment, laser
Yes. MOOCs have emerged as an exciting and new in- cutters, metal and woodworking equipment, and other proteractive education platform that enables participants to totyping equipment are available to help our students detap into the collective intelligence of our university velop innovative products.
through the internet. Keeping abreast of the trend, the Col- In addition, we have founded the ‘SNU Graduate School
lege of Engineering at SNU has started implementing of Engineering Practice’. The program helps candidates
MOOCs in order to raise the quality of university educa- reinforce engineering fundamentals, gain insights into
tion. We believe that this new medium for lectures will state-of-the-art technologies, and fosters engineering leadnurture creative and interdisciplinary engineers.
ers in the field.
How would you characterize the current relations be- At Seoul National University, what are some of the
tween Seoul National University and the corporate and initiatives that you have undertaken to promote diverindustrial world?
sity in education for engineers?
The College of Engineering at SNU has shaped close col- The College of Engineering highlights a multidisciplinary
laborative relationships with industry. With the establish- approach to engineering and design as well as nurtures
ment of the ‘SNU Engineering Consulting Center’, 270 global entrepreneurs. In that context we will soon launch a
faculty members help solve complex technological diffi- ‘Global Innovative Capstone Design’ course in collaboraculties of medium- or small-sized enterprise companies. tion with Tsinghua University, Beihang University, and
The faculty members, as experts, provide a tailored tech- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
nology training program for each client to improve R&D Through team building activities, students will be able to
capacity, assist on new technology development, or help share experiences and exchange ideas, as well as create
create sustainable competitive advantages. Since its estab- innovative products with international students.
lishment in 2014, 473 consulting cases have been completed. This collaboration allows for the industry and the In addition, we plan to expand internet video lecture services for our students, including lectures from other distinuniversity to have a close and productive relationship.
guished schools. As our initiative approaches its fourth
Are there any international partnerships between year of operation, 16 courses from five institutions (Tokyo
Seoul National University and other schools in Europe, University, Pennsylvania State University, University of
Africa and other regions of the world?
Hawaii, Mongolian University of Science and TechnoloThe College of Engineering has over 400 agreements on gy, and University of Malaya) are available and more than
academic and research cooperations, student exchange 400 students have enrolled.
programs, dual-degree programs, joint research projects, Read more about Dean Lee on the GEDC Website.
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Recommended Reading
The Innovation Campus:
Building Better Ideas
Book: A Practical Guide to
Teaching and Learning STEM
Grand Challenges for
Engineering: Forum Summary
This New York Times piece delves
into the question of whether architecture can spur creativity by exploring North American campuses
constructing innovation centers.
Written by Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent, the book Teaching and
Learning STEM gives practical strategies to incorporate new methods of
teaching for continual improvement in
students’ learning.
In 2008 a committee of distinguished
engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and
visionaries set out to identify the most
important, tractable engineering system
challenges that must be met in this century for human life as we know it to
continue on this planet. They identified
14 Grand Challenges for Engineering
that were offered as an inspiration and a
challenge for the profession, young people, and the public at large to seek solutions. The Grand Challenges are relevant to everyone in every country, and
some bear on the very survival of society.
The list includes York University
and the University of Iowa, whose
deans, Janusz Kozinski and Alec
Scranton, respectively, are GEDC
members.
Click here to read the article.
The book is engaging and well illustrated and draws on the author’s extensive
backgrounds and decades of experiences in STEM.
The book can be
Amazon.
purchased on
In 2015, the National Academy of Engineering invited the committee back to
offer their perspectives on the Grand
Challenges now.
Singapore: A Smart Living
Laboratory
Download the report here.
10 Ways Engineers Improved
Milwaukee... and the World
Photo by Karl-Ludwig Poggemann. Attribution license.
This smart nation leverages technology, innovation and talent to
elevate the quality of its residents’
everyday lives. Singapore’s leaders
are utilizing the ‘Internet of
Things’ to create a quality of life
for its constrained land mass and a
limited and aging population.
Singapore’s national-level coordinating Agency, the Smart Nation
Programme Office is working to
harness information and communications technology, networks and
data to the fullest potential and put
in place the infrastructure, policies,
eco-system and capabilities to enable a smart future for all of its residents.
Download the PDF of the article.
Photo by Kristopher Volkman. Attribution license.
Problem Based Learning:
A UNESCO Report
The Aalborg Centre for Problem Based
Learning in Engineering, Science and
Sustainability has compiled a comprehensive list of activities to develop a
global society of practitioners, researchers, experts, and institutions in the
STEM fields.
Read the report on the Aalborg Centre
website.
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engineers impact the everyday lives of
those living in Southeastern Wisconsin
as well as those across the globe. From
the discovery and design of the microchip to the alternative energy of the
microgrid, from the functional design of
the art museum to the redesign of the
region’s highway and bridge infrastructure. Engineers impact the world.
GEDC member Brett Peters heads UWMilwaukee’s Faculty of Engineering
Read the full article on the UWM Blog.
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Visit www.ifees.net or www.gecouncil.org for more details and links for these events.
6th Regional Conference on Engineering Education
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
August 5th-10th, 2016
ISIT2016 - International Symposium on Innovation
and Technology
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August 22nd-24th, 2016
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September 4th-7th, 2016
Japanese Society for Engineering Education 64th
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September 5th-7th, 2016
44th Annual Conference of the European Society for
Engineering Education (SEFI)
Tampere, Finland
September 12th-16th, 2016
African Engineering Education Association (AEEA)
International Conference and African Engineering
Deans Council Summit
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September 20th-23rd, 2016
International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (IGIP and IAOE)
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October 4th-7th, 2016
5th Edition of International Conference on Wireless
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October 16th-17th, 2016
19th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education (University of Rhode Island)
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November 3rd-4th, 2016
Global Student Forum (SPEED)
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November 5th-6th, 2016
WEEF-GEDC 2016 Seoul
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7th International Conference on Appropriate Technology
Mosi Oa Tunya (Victoria Falls), Zimbabwe
November 23rd-26th, 2016
27th Australian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE)
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December 4th-7th, 2016
Global Engineering Education Leader Conference
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Design)
Singapore
December 8th-9th, 2016
ICTIEE – International Conferences on Transformations in Engineering Education
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January 6th-12th, 2017
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