Events
WEEF Common Sessions Program Details
Monday October 18th 2010
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9:00 – 12:00 |
Sponsor Workshops |
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12:00 – 2:00 |
Open Time for Lunch [not provided] |
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2:00 – 5:00 |
Sponsor Workshops |
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6:00 – 8:00 |
Opening Reception of World Engineering Education Forum [First event where all five groups will convene] Venue TBD |
Tuesday October 19th 2010
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast Keynote – Autodesk |
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9:15 – 10:30 |
Welcoming Remarks:Renata Engel, ASEE President, on behalf of WEEF Organizations Plenary I and Keynote Presentations The Engineering Grand Challenges [Working Title] MODERATOR: Paul Peercy, Dean of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
TITLE: The Educational Imperatives of the Engineering Grand Challenges
ABSTRACT: The engineering challenges of the 21st century will require leaders capable of addressing the Grand Challenges of our age: global security, health, sustainability, and the joy of living. In addition to solid preparation in STEMsubjects, these leaders will need a deep understanding of non-technical issues surrounding technological invention to achieve the desired outcomes. The educational implications require preparing students early in their program for integrative systems thinking across disciplines, political boundaries, and time zones. Awareness of, interest in, and passionate commitment to developing sound solutions to complex societal challenges are essential, as well as a solid understanding of the innovation process conceived as the intersection of feasibility, viability, and desirability. Design thinking, entrepreneurial thought and action, quantitative rigor, and persuasive leadership ability are important aspects of the educational approach that is needed. This involves embracing attitudes, behaviors, and motivations in addition to knowledge as important educational goals.
BIOGRAPHY: Richard K. Miller was appointed President and first employee of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in 1999, where he also holds an appointment as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He served as Dean of the Collegeof Engineeringat the Universityof Iowafrom 1992-1999, and spent the previous 17 years on the engineering faculties at the Universityof Southern Californiaand the Universityof California, Santa Barbara. He is the author or co-author of about 100 reviewed journal articles and other technical publications and he has been a consultant to several aerospace companies. Dr. Miller has won five teaching awards at two universities and received the Legacy award from the Collegeof Engineeringat the Universityof Iowa. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Stanley Consultants, Inc., and serves on the Board of Trustees of Babson College and OlinCollege. He has also served as chair of the National Science Foundation’s Engineering Advisory Committee and served on several advisory committees for the National Academy of Engineering, HarvardUniversity, and other institutions. In addition, he has served as a consultant to the World Bank in the establishment of new academic institutions. Dr. Miller earned his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1971 from the Universityof California, Davis, where he received the 2002 Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award. In 1972, he earned his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1976 he earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology.
Renata Engel - Recognition of Frank Huband’s 20 Years Service to Engineering Education Community |
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Led Session
Transforming Engineering Education to Meet the Grand Challenges MODERATOR: David Garza, Dean of Engineering, Tecnologico de Monterrey
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12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch Keynote Speaker – Dassault Systemes |
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2:00 – 3:30
THREE Parallel TRACKS
ASEE Global Colloquium Track Breakouts |
ASEE Global Colloquium Track 1 Session 1 Keeping the engineering pipeline filled- Attracting young talent to engineering in the new economy
“Role of higher education in filling STEM pipeline” Moderator: S. Lakshminarayanan, National University of Singapore
Speakers: Ms. Jennifer DeBoer, President of SPEED Prof. Mohd Shukor HAMDI, University of Malaysia Professor C.C. Sung, NationalTaiwanUniversity |
ASEE Global Colloquium Track 2 Session 1 Engineering education in the age beyond engineering disciplinary boundaries
Moderator: Kurt Becker Utah State University
Speakers:
Tan Thiam Soon Vice Provost (Education), NationalUniversityof Singapore
Martha Gray (Pending) J.W. Kieckhefer Professor Harvard-MIT HST & MIT EECS, USA
Uriel Cukierman Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Secretary, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
ASEE Global Colloquium Track 3 Session 1 Advancing engineering careers through lifelong learning in an interdisciplinary world IACEE Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Lectureship Award“Engineering Education: Serving God or Mammon?” presented by Dr Mervyn Jones, Imperial College London, UK.
Moderator: Prof Alfredo A. V. Soeiro, Universityof Porto.
Speakers:
Prof Jim A N Poo
Ms Kim A. Scalzo |
Wednesday October 20th 2010
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast Keynote |
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9:15 – 10:30 |
Plenary II and Keynote Presentations Water and Energy Grand Challenges: The Transformation of Engineering Education [Working Title] MODERATOR: Eng Soon CHAN, Dean of Engineering, NUS
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
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2:00 – 3:30
THREE Parallel TRACKS
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EEF-Led GCEE Session Track 1 Session 2 Keeping the engineering pipeline filled- Attracting young talent to engineering in the new economy
Madhu Chitkara, Chitkara University Nagarjuna Sadineni, WIPRO, India |
WEEF-Led GCEE Session Track 2 Session 2 Engineering education in the age beyond engineering disciplinary boundaries
Jim Vanides, Hewlett-Packard Carlos Vignolo, Universityof Chile Sigrid Berka, Executive Director, International Engineering Program |
WEEF-Led GCEE Session Track 3 Session 2 Advancing engineering careers through lifelong learning in an interdisciplinary world
Kairiyah Mohammed Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysiaor substitute Martina Trucco, HP Labs Satish V. Kulkarni, Georgetown |
| 12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch Keynote Speaker – Hewlett-Packard
City 2.0 and Engineering Education Chandrakant Patel, HP Labs Fellow |
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| 2:00 – 3:30 | Intergenerational Panel (organized by SPEED) | ||
Thursday October 21st 2010
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Session |
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8:00 – 9:00 |
Breakfast Keynote – Quanser | Concurrent Breakfast for WEEF Declaration Working Group |
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9:15 – 10:30 |
Socio Economic Panel Moderator: Ashraf Kassim, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Engineering, NationalUniversityof Singapore
Singapore: From Classical Emporium to Global City As a city-state, Singapore is a rarity in today’s world order. That this small island state without a hinterland and natural resources has not only survived and thrived, but is constantly punching above its weight is an intriguing story in itself. This session will trace the development of Singaporefrom a regional emporium to world city over a 700 year period. It will offer a perspective of Singapore’s evolution in the contexts of regional and global developments, from the 14th century to the present. It will explain how Singapore’s port city status defined and shaped its personality and how, after independence in 1965, it continues to grapple with the need to maintain the outlook as a global city while dealing with the demands of nation-statehood.
Speaker: Tan Tai Yong, Vice-Provost, National University of Singapore
BRIEF BIO OF PROF TAN TAI YONG: Professor Tan Tai Yong is a historian and currently Vice Provost (Student Life) at the National University of Singapore. Prior to this, he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore from 2004 to 2009.
Professor Tan is concurrently Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), an NUS-based research institute that is dedicated to research on contemporary Indiaand the countries in the South Asian region.
Professor Tan has written extensively on South Asian history as well as on Southeast Asiaand Singapore. His recent books include Singapore– A 700 Year History (2009), Creating ‘Greater Malaysia’: Decolonisation and the Politics of Merger (2008); Partition and Post-Colonial South Asia: A Reader (co-edited, 2007); The Garrison State (2005), The Aftermath of Partition in South Asia(co-authored, 2000) and The Transformation of Southeast Asia: International Perspectives on De-colonisation (co-edited, 2003).
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10:30 – 11:00 |
Break |
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11:00 – 12:30 |
IFEES Led Session
MODERATORS: Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard and Theme:R&D and Innovation Partnerships: Addressing Future Needs in Challenging Times Description:Government, University, Industry and Civil Society partnerships are key vehicles to develop and sustain economic and social development. This IFEES led session organized in collaboration with WEEF organizations and Singapore hosts will bring together presentations successes and challenges in building and nurturing R&D partnerships that respond to the engineering grand challenges of the 21st century. The session will provide an opportunity for IFEES members and attendees to engage in a dialogue and discussion to catalyze and sustain R&D and innovation partnerships in the next decade. The role of engineering education associations, government entities and industry will be highlighted. Panel: Innovation policy and the new developments needed by engineering universities- the European frame, Markku Markkula, Team Leader for Social, Cultural and Economic Impact, Aalto University, Finland Research policy, universities and national research institutes,LOW Teck Seng, Deputy Managing Director (Research) and Executive Director (SERC) A*STAR, Singapore Research and Development for a Global Economy: the UK case, Ian White, Provost and former Dean of Engineering at Cambridge University Brokering High Level Research Partnerships in the US, Susan Sloan, Executive Director of the Gov’t Univ Industry Research Roundtable, US National Academy of Engineering 12:05 – 12:30 Q&A and General Discussion
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12:30 – 2:00 |
Lunch Keynote Speaker – National Instruments |
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2:00 – 3:30
THREE Parallel TRACKS
ASEE Global Colloquium Track Breakouts |
ASEE Global Colloquium Track 1 Session 3 Keeping the engineering pipeline filled- Attracting young talent to engineering in the new economy “Role of industry, government and non-profit organizations in filling STEMpipeline” Moderator: P. Barry Butler, Universityof Iowa
Ms. Irene Lee, Vice President, Quality/Reliability Engineering, Asia, Seagate Dr. Khiang Wee LIM, A*Star
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ASEE Global Colloquium Track 2 Session 3 Engineering education in the age beyond engineering disciplinary boundaries
Moderator: TAN Kay Chen, National Universityof Singapore Speakers: Rajul Gajjar LD College of Engineering, India.
Ashley Ater-Kranov Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Washington State University |
ASEE Global Colloquium Track 3 Session 3 Advancing engineering careers through lifelong learning in an interdisciplinary world Moderator: Prof Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology
Speakers: Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon University. Russell Otter, Kelly Services Singapore Ms Katriina SCHREY-NIEMENMAA, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland
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3:30 – 4:00 |
Break | ||
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Closing General Session Jim Melsa, Past ASEE president, to present Summary of GC Proceedings Shanghai JiaoTong University Official to give presentation - “SJTU’s Excellent Engineers Project,” & Welcome to 2011 GC |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Closing Banquet | ||
Please see: http://weef2010.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/2010-world-engineering-educa... for the most updated version of the week's events.
The five international events will carry their individual conference/summit agendas during the week, but will share a common Opening Reception on Monday evening, 18 October, and come together on Tuesday, 19 October, for two common morning sessions, where world known speakers will address the entire attendee population regarding current engineering and engineering education challenges.
