Time |
Session |
9:00 - 12:00 |
Sponsor Workshops |
12:00 - 2:00 |
Open Time for Lunch (not provided) |
2:00 - 5:00 |
Sponsor Workshops |
6:00 - 7:00 |
Opening Reception of World Engineering Education Forum |
Tuesday, October 19th 2010
Time | Session |
8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast featuring Keynote Speaker sponsored by Autodesk
How Engineering Education Supports Sustainable Development Madame Qidi Wu, Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai and Chairperson of the National Accreditation Committee of Engineering Education, Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China With her experience and perspective in both education and government, Madame Wu will focus her remarks on how China's initiatives in new energy sources, resource development and new technology are being integrated and applied into Engineering Education in China. Professor Qidi Wu is a Professor in the School of Electronics and Information Technology and the School of Economics and Management of Tongji University, Shanghai; the Chairperson of the National Accreditation Committee of Engineering Education, Ministry of Education of PRC; and the Director of the Center of Engineering Education of Tsinghua University. She is the former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education of PRC. Professor Wu obtained her BSc in Radio Engineering from the Department of Radio and Electronic Engineering of Tsinghua University, China, her MSc in Automatic Control from the Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, and her PhD in Automation from the Department of Electrical Engineering of Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. She has conducted academic research in control theory and intelligent systems; published more than 200 academic papers and 8 books; and completed over 30 research projects, 17 of which won Provincial, Ministerial and State awards. Because of her outstanding work, she was rewarded with a number of awards. She is currently a member of the standing Committee of the National People's Congress in China. |
9:15 - 10:30 |
Plenary I and Keynote Presentations Sponsored by Autodesk Welcoming Remarks: Renata Engel, ASEE President, on behalf of WEEF Organizations Moderator: Paul Peercy, Dean of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Engineering in a Complex World: Innovation through Integration Engineering innovation enables economic growth and higher standards of living. However, rapid development has brought inter-related challenges in water, waste, energy, and agriculture. These sustainability issues threaten progress not only in the developing nations of Asia, but for the entire world. Working at the intersections of multiple complex domains, engineers will need to apply a holistic and systems approach to find innovative solutions to many of our urban issues. Through an emphasis on continuing education, an integrated multi-disciplinary approach to engineering, and a spirit of service to society, we can rise to the challenges of the new century and solve the defining problems of our time.
BIOGRAPHY: In 1990, after a stint at Cornell University as a post-doctorial fellow, he returned to Singapore and joined NUS. He served in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an Associate Professor until July 1998. During his time at NUS, he received a departmental Teaching Excellence Award and in 1997, co-founded the Centre for Robust Design, which undertook research into reliability issues relating to products and processes of industries in Singapore. Dr. Yaacob has been active in community service since his school days and has been inivolved with the Association of Muslim Professionals, Jamiyah, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore and the Nature Society. He has been a member of various boards and committees, and has served on the boards of the Civil Service College, the National Heritage Board, Temasek Polytechnic, and as a trustee of NTUC Income. He has been associated with Yayasan Mendaki since its foundation and has been its Chairman since March 2002. He is also a member of the Steering Committee and Executive Committee for Environment and Water Technologies, one of the Strategic Research Programmes spearheaded by the National Research Foundation. As Minister-in-Chief of Muslim Affairs, Dr. Yaacob worked tirelessly to uplift the living standards, confidence, and resilience of the Malay/Muslim community. He has done much to advance racial harmony and the appreciation of multiracialism. As Minister of the Environment and Water Resources, he helped Singapore secure a reliable and resilient water supply through the development of the "Four National Taps" (water from local catchment areas, imported water, reclaimed water - known as NEWater - and desalinated water). He permitted reservoirs to be used for recreational activities without compromising water quality and called for the enhancement of canals so that htey add value to the neighborhoods and Singapore as a 'City of Gardens and Water'. He is currently overseeing the transformation of the Singapore River into the Marina Reservoir, a process that was started by his predecessors in 1977. Dr. Yaacob remains a heartland MP to his constituents in Jalan Besar GRC - a post he has held since 1997. As co-chair of the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Sustainable Development (IMCSD), Dr. Yaacob continuously emphasizes and promotes efforts to deal with the challenge of climate change. The Sustainable Singapore Blueprint launched in April 2009 by the government, sets out Singapore's strategies to achieve a more vibrant economy as well as a more liveable environment for the furture. This Blueprint has been well-received and was commended by the Mexican Environment Minister at the informal Ministerial meeting on climate change. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and nation, he was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Engineering, Singapore (IES), its highest honour.
ABSTRACT:
BIOGRAPHY:
Renata Engel - Recognition of Frank Huband's 20 Years Service to Engineering Education Community |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment Break Sponsored by Boeing - Simpor Junior Ballroom - Exhibitor Tabletops |
11:00 - 12:30 |
Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Led Session
Tranforming Engineering Education to Meet the Grand Challenges US Engineering Education in the Next Decade: A Perspective from the National Science Foundation, Allen L. Soyster, Division Director: Division of Engineering Education and Centers, US National Science Foundation Creating a Culture for Scholarly and Systematic Innovatio in Engineering Education: Preliminary Results on the State of the Culture, Leah Jamieson, Dean of Engineering, Purdue University, USA Q&A and interaction with audience |
12:30 - 2:00 |
Lunch featuring Keynote Speaker sponsored by Dassault Systemes
Grand challenges: the conversation keeps going Xavier Fouger, Director, Dessault Systemes Global Learning & PLM Academy 3600 students from 90 countries have joined the global conversation on the Grand Challenges for Engineering. Discover their views and their visions. Xavier Fouger created Dassault Systemes' Academy, the corporate organization supporting skills in Product Lifecycle Management and in 3D design by means of global and local education and certification programs. This organization promotes lifelong learning through a fast growing network of 150 partners providing education services and thousands of academic institutions. Prior to joining Dassault Systemes, he was working for the French embassy in Vienna-Austria to promote science and technology co-operations between various Austrian and French education and research institutions. He started his career at Dassault Systemes in 1990 as Area Manager Germany - then Europe. As Senior Consultant for Dassault Systemes' Automotive Competency Center, he led co-operation projects with several car manufacturers and their suppliers in Germany, France, and Korea. He also led a group of experts in process innovation focusing on advanced engineering practices for various global companies. |
2:00 - 3:30 THREE Parallel TRACKS
ASEE Global Colloquium |
ASEE Global Colloquim
MODERATOR:
SPEAKERS:
Professor Yat Yau Huang Professor Chia-Chi Sung, National Taiwan University
ASEE Global Colloquium
MODERATOR:
SPEAKERS:
Neeraj Buch, Professor of Pavement Engineering, Michigan State University, USA
Uriel Cukierman
ASEE Global Colloquium
IACEE Joseph M. Biedenbach Distinguished Lectureship Award
MODERATORS:
SPEAKERS:
Ms. Kim A. Scalzo |
3:30 - 4:00 |
Refreshment Break Sponsored by Boeing - Simpor Junior Ballroom - Exhibitor Tabletops |
4:00 - 6:00 |
Contributed Poster Presentation Session Simpor Junior Ballroom |
6:00 - 7:00 |
Global Student Forum (GSF) Networking Event (Invitation Only) The SPEED Networking Evening has become one of the most popular events associated with the Global Student Forum. This casual yet professional event gives student attendees the opportunity to mingle with professional colleagues attending the WEEF events. Students have the chance to meet academic, government, and industry representatives whose interests are relevant to their future aspirations. In turn, established senior colleagues get to meet a vibrant group of motivated and exceptionally talented young leaders. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres are provided. |
Special Event: 2010 IFEES Banquet Award Speech During the recent World Engineering Education Forum, IFEES presented the inaugural IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education to Dr. Richard Felder. The evening started with a local performance, followed by speeches from the President of IFEES member, Institute of Engineers Singapore, Er. Ho Siong Hin, and Dr. Felder. Dr. Felder's speech, "We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident" can be downloaded here. |
Wednesday, October 20th 2010
Time | Session |
8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast |
9:15 - 10:30 |
Plenary II and Keynote Presentations MODERATOR: Eng Soon Chan, Dean of Engineering, NUS
Hydro-environmental Challenges from an Asian Pacific Perspective - are we ready to respond?
Joseph Hun-Wei Lee In the coming decades water and environmental challenges are intimately related to the sustainable development of many fast developming Asian Pacific economies. The challenges are both technical and socio-economic in nature: urban flood control in densely populated mega-cities, sewage strategy to combat coastal eutrophication and red tides, total water management to address droughts induces by regional climate change, cumulative impact of dense coastal developments. On the one hand, politicians in developing countries are yearning for western style scientific and technological innovation from city administration to university level. On the other hand, there is an urgent need for educating modern engineers that are capable of inter-disciplinary thinking, integrating theory and practice, linking engineering science and public policy, using the latest computational and ICT skills for effective public engagement, and distilling vast information into tractable models that translate into effective problem solving. These lofty goals may not be best served by a craving to excel in academic performance indicators dominated by citations and journal impact factors. In this lecture, some of these challenges of engineering education will be illustrated using exammples embraced in Project Waterman - a venture to develop a real time coastal water quality forecasting and management system for Hong Kong.
BIOGRAPHY: Professor Lee has served as expert advisor to the Hong Kong Government and as international consultant on numerous hydro-environmental projects. He serves on the Advisory Council on the Environment and the Construction Industry Council of the Hong Kong Government.
Korea's Success Model of Industrialization and Roles of Dean's Council in Economic Development Korea was totally ruined after series of national crises during last 100 years, Japan's colonization, World War II, and Korea War. GNI per capita in 1963, 10 years later after the Korean War, was only $100 and 33 years later, in 1996, it became $10,000, which means 4.5 times growth of economy in every 10 years. Amazing thing is it was accomplished at the same time with confronting North Korea's threat and overcoming social instability caused by continous demonstrations for democracy. Key factors in the success of Korea's economy can be considered as strong governments' leadership and policies for industrialization, vision and spirit of enterprisers; and support of universities in making government's policies and timely production of competitive engineers and technicians for industry. During last 15 years, however, Korea economy could only make double, GNI per capita $20,000, which seems far less than that we have expected. Many reasons can be found such as world economic crisis but industry has thought one of them ist he mismatch between university education and practice in industry. Dean's Council of Colleges of Engineering has made 2 important proposals to the Government in last 10 years with responding to complaints of industry, which are launch of ABET in Korea (ABEEK) and establishment of ICEE (Innovation Center for Engineering Education) to upgrade the engineering education. At present, the ABEEK is running more than 500 programs and 60 ICEEs and 5 hub ICEEs are working together for innovative engineering programs, curriculums, and teaching methods.
BIOGRAPHY: |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment Break Sponsored by Cengage Learning - Simpor Junior Ballroom - Exhibitor Tabletops |
11:00 - 12:30 |
WEEF-Led GCEE Session
Moderator:
Speakers:
RS Grewal
Nagarjuna Sadineni
WEEF-LED GCEE Session
Moderator:
Speakers:
Carlos Vignolo
Sigrid Berka
WEEF-LED GCEE Session
Moderator:
Speakers: Martina Trucco, HP Labs
Satish V. Kulkarni |
12:30 - 2:00 |
Lunch featuring Keynote Speaker sponsored by Hewlett-Packard
Sustainable Ecosystems and the Engineering Curriculum
Chandrakant Patel Continued population growth coupled with increased per capita consumption and dwindling natural resources will soon require the creation of a new generation of cities around the globe. These cities will be driven by a growing desire for on-demand, just-in-time access to critical resources at affordable costs. Coupled with the increased risks that physical growth places on the carrying capacity of the biosphere, we cannot expect to meet the future needs of society simply by extending the existing infrastructures. We propose that the necessary transformation be enabled by a sustainable IT ecosystem made up of billions of service-oriented client devices and thousands of data centers. We conclude that while IT plays an important role, our success lies in foundational level principles which necessitate return to "old school" engineering and a multi-disciplinary engineering curriculum for sustainability. Chandrakant Patel is currently an HP Senior Fellow and Director of the Sustainable Information Technology Laboratory at Hewlett Packard Laboratories. Chandrakant has been a pioneer in microprocessor and system tthermo-mechanical architectures, management of available energy as a key resource in "smart" data centers, and most recently, application of the IT ecosystem to enable a net positive impact on the environment. Chandrakant enjoys teaching, and has taught computer aided design at Chabot College for 16 years. He also teaches courses in thermal management at U.C. Berkeley Extension, Santa Clara University and San Jose State University. Chandrakant has published extensively and has been granted more than 100 U.S. patents, several pending. An IEEE Fellow, Chandrakant holds a BSME from U.C. Berkeley, MSME from San Jose State University, and is a licensed professional mechanical engineer in the state of California. |
2:00 - 3:30 |
Intergenerational Panel (organized by SPEED)
Mentorship: Potential and Practice in the Diverse Engineering Educational Community An important aspect of the education of the engineering student generation of 2030 will be considering how to effectively mentor these future engineers. Good mentorship is often cited as an inspiring motivation to both initially pursue and then persevere in an engineering degree. Additionally, a lack of mentorship is a discouraging force in a young engineering student - this is especially the case for women and minorities, where successful examples are harder to find. The intergenerational Panel session in Singapore will examine the role, importance and best practices associated with mentorship in engineering education. After initial remarks by invited panelists, potential obstacles and appropriate solutions will be discussed in small groups, utilizing the potentially diverse perspectives of current academics, industry representatives, and students. Suggestions will be compiled and distributed to the WEEF organizations as a foundation for future collaborations. |
Thursday, October 21th 2010
Time | Session |
8:00 - 9:00 |
Breakfast featuring KeynoteSpeaker sponsored by National Instruments
Technologies to Do Engineering Shekhar Sharad Students of today want to experience real engineering irrespective of where they are or what they are learning - at home, in the lab, or even the coffee shop. They also do not want to wait for four years before getting hands on experience. This trend while advantageous for professors who are trying to attract and retain students to engineering needs powerful yet intuitive tools to enable students to do engineering. Join us as we look at the issues that one has to overcome to do engineering and how graphical programming tools can help mitigate them. |
9:15 - 10:30 |
Plenary III/Socio Economic Keynote
Singapore: From Classical Emporium to Global City Speaker: Professor Tan Tai Yong, Vice-Provost, National University of Singapore Moderator: Ashraf Kassim, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore
BIOGRAPHY: Professor Tan is concurrently Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), and NUS-based research institute that is dedicated to research on contemporary India and the countries in the South Asian region. Professor Tan has written extensively on South Asian history as well as on Southeast Asia and Singapore. His recent books include Singapore - A 700 Year History (2009); Creating 'Greater Malaysia': Decolonization 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). |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshment Break Sponsored by MathWorks - Simpor Junior Ballroom - Exhibitor Tabletops |
11:00 - 12:30 |
IFEES Led Session
Moderators:
R&D and Innovation Partnerships: Addressing Future Needs in Challenging Times 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:
Research policy, universities and national research institutes, Teck Seng Low
Research and Development for a Global Economy: the UK case, Ian White
Brokering High Level Research Partnerships in the US, Susan Sauer Sloan 12:05 - 12:30 Q&A and General Discussion |
12:30 - 2:00 |
Lunch featuring Keynote Speaker sponsored by Quanser Paul Gilbert, CEO, Quanser Consulting Today's generation of engineering students have been "digitally" raised and exposed to more technology when they enter University than any generation before them. Their expectations coupled with changing demands for graduating engineers, causes many challenges for engineering colleges and universities worldwide. One result is that industrial employees are concerned about the quality of new graduates. Quanser is not only a supplier to the global academic community, they also have been hiring new engineering grads for over 20 years. Paul Gilbert will share strategies on how educators can nurture and develop highly intuitive engineers to become more effective when they graduate into an industrial world. |
2:00 -3:30 THREE Parallel TRACKS
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ASEE Global Colloquium
MODERATOR:
SPEAKERS: Irene Lee, Seagate
Khiang Wee LIM
ASEE Global Colloquium
MODERATOR:
SPEAKERS:
Ashley Ater-Kranov Khairiyah Mohd Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
ASEE Global Colloquium
MODERATOR:
SPEAKERS: Russell Otter, Kelly Services, Singapore Katriina Schrey-Niemenmaa, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland |
3:30 - 4:00 |
Refreshment Break Sponsored by MathWorks - Simpor Junior Ballroom - Exhibitor Tabletops |
4:00 - 5:00 |
Closing General Session |
8:00 - 9:00 |
Closing Banquet sponsored by Dassault Systemes Roselle Ballroom |
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