On September 25th, 2013, IFEES members and leadership held an Award Dinner Cruise, enjoying the shores of Cartage-na de Indias, Colombia. On this occasion IFEES recognized three outstanding leaders of the engineering education commu-nity: Anette Kolmos who re-

ceived the IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education; Lueny Morell who was presented with the IFEES President’s Award as a “Global Visionary” and a leader in engi-neering education and Eduardo Silva Sanchez, was awarded the IFEES President’s award as a “Regional Pioneering Leader”

in Engineering Education.

Biography of Anette

Kolmos

Dr. Anette Kolmos has been a Professor in Engineering Edu-cation and Problem Based Learning at Aalborg University since 2008. Since 2007 she has served as Chair of the UNESCO Committee on Prob-lem Based Learning in Engi-neering Education, Aalborg University, Denmark. She was a Visiting Professor and Chair de pédagogie universitaire, Uni-versité Catholique de Louvain

Volume 2, Issue 5

IFEES Honors three Distinguished Engineering Education Leaders

November, 2013

I N T E R N A T I O N A L F E D E R A T I O N O F E N G I N E E R I N G E D U C A T I O N S O C I E T I E S

The Global Bulletin

of Engineering Education

Anette Kolmos, recipi-ent of IFEES Global Award for Excellence in Engineering Education

(2003). Dr. Kolmos has served as the President of the European Society of Engineering Education, SEFI (2009-2011), Chair of the SEFI Working group on Engi-neering Education Research (2008 – 2009). Dr. Kolmos has demon-strated great leadership in the globalization of Engineering Edu-cation while serving as a profes-sor of Engineering Education at

Aalborg University, Denmark.

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International Institute for Develop-ing Engineering Academics (IIDEA), which aims at providing selected top notch leadership work-shops offered by world renown edu-cators to engineering professors, deans and graduate students world-

wide.

From 2002 to 2013, she was a mem-ber of Hewlett Packard (HP) Labs strategy and open innovation teams where she focused on catalyzing co-innovation with partners (governments, customers and uni-versities) to bring ideas, resources and develop talent for innovation. A licensed professional engineer, she holds a BS degree in Chemical En-gineering from the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez and an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. Lueny has a 24 year career at the University of Puerto Rico, holding various posi-tions at the Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) as well as at the system level. A full professor of Chemical Engineering, during her tenure at UPRM she was Director of UPRM’s Research & Development Center, elected member to the Academic

Senate and Administrative Board.

Lueny was a Co-Director of the In-ternational Institute for Developing

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Biography of Eduardo Silva

Eduardo Silva is a lawyer, and ex-secretary of the Presidency of Colombia and specialist in Ad-ministrative Law. He is currently a consultant and Licensed Tutor. He studied civil engineering (1959-1964). He earned his Master’s degree in Economics at the Universidad de los Andes (1971), Bogotá. Eduardo began his teaching career at the Faculty of Mathematics, National Univer-sity of Colombia, as an instructor of differential calculus in Engi-neering and geometry instructor in Architecture. At the Colombi-an School of Engineering, he was made professor and head of the physics department. He has taught physics class at the school since its beginning, through which more than 8,000 engineer-ing students have passed. Since 2007, Eduardo has been an active member of the research group, Educating - Engineering Educa-tion - recognized by the Depart-ment of Administrative Science, Technology and Innovation Co-lombia (Colciencias). In 2008, together with the Ministry of Ed-ucation and the Association of Universities of Colombia (ASCUN), he was assigned to encourage the training of engi-neers in Colombia. Since 2011, he has participated as an Adviso-ry Board Member in the Interna-tional Institute for Developing Engineering Academics (IIDEA). IFEES is pleased to recognize Mr. Silva’s numerous accom-plishments, particularly in South America, and to present him with the 2013 IFEES President’s

Award.

Biography of Lueny Morell

IFEES is proud to present this year’s President’s Award to Lu-eny Morell, one of IFEES’ found-ing members and Past President, founding member of the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) and Co-Founder of the

Engineering Academics (IIDEA) and an expert of the OECD—AHELO project. Lueny has received various honors during her academic career, including the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering 2006 Ber-nard M. Gordon Prize for innovation in engineering and technology educa-tion. Lueny’s newest venture is the New Engineering University (NEU), as the provost and Chief Academic Officer of this newly formed institu-

tion.

From Left to right: Krishna Vedula, Jose Carlos Cuadrado, Duncan Fraser, Hans J.

Hoyer, Frank Huband, Claudio Borri. At the Chicago Art Museum, October 21, 2013

Eduardo Silva (above) and Lueny Morell

(below), two recipients of the IFEES Pres-

ident’s award in Cartagena de Indias,

Colombia.

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Myongsook Susan Oh, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Hongik University, South Korea; IFEES Vice President for Asia. Brian

Beneda, Representative of Hewlett Packard, corporate sponsor of IFEES; Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systèmes Representative (from left

to right).

Stephanie Farrell, Associate Professor, Rowan University, United States;

IFEES Executive Committee Member.

Ivan Esparragoza, Associate Professor of Engineering, Pennsylva-

nia State University; IFEES First Vice President and Vice Presi-

dent for the Americas.

November 3-6, 2013, the second conference of “IETEC'13” brought together international educa-tors, professionals, researchers, students, busi-ness leaders and policy makers. Two of its key-note speakers were Euan, Dean of Engineering at the Central Queensland University Australia and Mushtak Al-Atabi Dean of Engineering at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. Lindsey and Al-Atabi are members of GEDC and the latter was also an hon-orary co-chair of the conference. One of the princi-pal goals of IETEC'13 conference was to promote active participation for all attendees and speakers through plenary sessions, key note addresses, interactive workshops and panel discussions. Ad-ditionally, conference organizers had planned small group sessions and round table meetings of engineering deans as well as one-on-one interac-tion of the participants to discuss issues of engi-neering education, innovation in technology and networking opportunity.

Some of the workshops previous to the second IETEC’13 conference were:

1. “Universities as Locomotives in Regional Devel-opment – Hands-on Approach; facilitated by Dr. Egon Moesby, Director of Studies, First year Ad-ministration, Aalborg University, Denmark and Dr. Cássio Rolim, Federal University of Parana (UFPR), Brazil.

2. “Preparing engineers for a globalized economy: How to teach engineering students process skills;” facilitated by: Professor Nikos J. Mourtos, Associ-ate Chair for Aerospace Engineering, San Jose State University, USA.

3. “Developing Transcultural Innovation Communi-ties: Understanding the Elements Necessary for Success;” facilitated by Dr. Charles Pezeshki of Washington State University.

4. “How to get published, read, and cited in inter-national journals;” facilitated by Dr. Henk Eijkman, Dean, Academic Quality & Innovation, Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering & Technology, Ash-ta, India.

Source:

http://ietec-conference.com/ietec13/)

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International Engineering and Technology Education Conference 2013 (IETEC’13)” in

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Michael Milligan, ABET Executive Director and IFEES Executive Committee Member; Jaime Bonilla Rios, Dean of Engineering, Tecnologico de Monter-

rey, Mexico and GEDC Executive Committee Member.

Javier Paez, Co-Chair of WEEF 2013 Cartagena; President of

ACOFI and Dean of Engineering, Universidad del Norte.

“It is a miracle that curiosity

survives formal education”

- Albert Einstein

“I’ve never let my schooling

interfere with my education”

- Mark Twain

“The true sign of intelli-

gence is not knowledge but

imagination”

- Albert Einstein

Education conjures different

expectations from everyone’s

personal perspective. My

own thinking is as follows:

Education is the process

by which society deliber-

ately transmits its accumu-

lated

knowledge, skills and valu

es from one generation to

another. However, it

should not be at the cost of

creativity, motivation &

talent which is latent in

each individual and must

be nurtured.

If one observes an infant

before it enters the formal

education system, it is

“learning by doing” and is

gaining lifelong experiences.

The enthusiasm of a child to

learn and “explore” his sur-

roundings is innate. How or

why does formal education

kill this? Why do 80% of

those who enter the formal

education system, drop out

before completing their 10th

grade? What makes the child

who was so interested and

keen to learn at home before

schooling started, disinterest-

ed in the knowledge impart-

ed to him in the school class-

room? These are some of the

issues which we shall try and

explore here. Einstein once

said that formulation of the

problem is often more im-

portant than the solution.

There are different narratives

of how our present education

system has evolved to its

present form. Sugat Mitra

offers this explanation –

Imagine The British Empire

trying to run the show, trying

to run the entire plan-

et, without computers, with-

out telephones, with data

handwritten on pieces of

paper, and travelling by

ships. They created a global

computer made up of peo-

ple. It's called the bureau-

cratic administrative ma-

chine. In order to have that

machine running, you need

lots and lots of people. They

made another machine to

Education – A Perspective:

Based on Vigyan Ashram Tenets

By: Ashok Kalbag

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Vigyan Ashram (VA) is a

center of Indian Institute

of Education (IIE) in Pu-

ne. A scientist turned edu-

cationalist, the late Dr. S

S. Kalbag started Vigyan

Ashram in 1983 to find a

solution to problems in

education. (Vigyan means

search for truth and Ash-

ram symbolizes “Simple

living and high thinking,

an organization where all

are equal.” The VA’s

mission is to spread the

education developed by Dr.

Kalbag, whose vision was

that India would be one

day at the forefront of a

new civilization. He

stressed the importance of

educating rural people,

and believed that intelli-

gence is developed and not

inherited. For more infor-

mation on this VA’s edu-

cation program, and how

they are attempting to

change the face of educa-

tion in India, please visit:

http://

www.vigyanashram.com

Re-printed with permission by

the author.

produce those peo-

ple: the school. The schools

would produce the people who

would then become parts of

the bureaucratic administrative

machine. They must be identi-

cal to each other.

Under the changed circum-

stances today, most of the rou-

tine administrative work is au-

tomated and done by comput-

ers or other automatic ma-

chines. Even in industrial pro-

duction, much of the repetitive

work is eliminated by automa-

tion. We do not need schools to

produce another “cog in the

wheel” to replace an old or

worn out component. Tom

Friedman in his “The World is

Flat” describes a world where

increasingly any job that can be

routine is rapidly being out

sourced or automated.

Source:

http://www.vigyanashram.com/

in-

ner/InnerPages/About_Dr_Kal

bag.aspx

Yannis C. Yortsos, Dean of Engi-neering at the University of South-ern California, on February 6th, 2013, delivered the keynote speech at the annual meeting of the Na-tional Academy of Engineering (NAE) at the Beckman Center in Irvine, CA. The speech addressed the NAE's Grand Challenges, tech-nology, engineering as a vehicle that enables social sciences and

engineering empowered by society.

Dean Yortsos emphasized that “the Grand Challenges set a grander scope for a discipline - they help providing a map, they inspire, and they serve to justify and give ac-

countability.”

Dean Yortsos raised the issues of

technology:

"Technology is the exploitation of a phenomenon for useful purposes. I would characterize 'exploiting' as 'controlling, adapting, transforming, manipulating,' or other such ac-tions. Technology is also used to uncover the phenomenon itself (science and technology go hand-in-hand for this purpose); in fact, 'advancing the tools for scientific discovery' is one of the NAE 14 Grand Challenges. Sensing and recording, computation, communi-cation and control are essential in both the uncovering of the phenom-enon and the building of the tech-nology itself. I should note that in the above, 'useful' is in a general 'public good' sense, although 'useful' is in the eye of the posses-sor, the developer, or the consumer of the technology. And what is use-ful to some may not be to others. Now, in the past, and traditionally, the 'phenomenon' was physical or chemical, e.g. photoelectric effect, semiconductors, combustion, with the resulting technology being what is traditionally associated with en-gineering (sensors, actuators, com-

puters, airplanes, etc.).”

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“Problems (which he prefers to

call challenges) are inevitable.

But all problems are soluble. (As a chemical engineer I was fascinated that the word Deutsch used is not the more conventional “solvable”, but “soluble”, which essentially means dissolved, disappear, dissi-pate.) So, consistent with their en-during nature, our Grand Challeng-es (and others to come) are inevita-ble - they are the collisions of ideas and choices. But, and here comes Deutsch’s optimism, which I share wholeheartedly, they are all soluble- through science and engineering and technology (and through inter-

disciplinary engagement)."

For further information on Dean Yannis Yortsos’ speech, please

visit:

http://www.viterbi.usc.edu/

assets/152/84469.pdf

Source: http://viterbi.usc.edu/about/engineeringplus/nae-grand-

challenges.htm

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The Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) was established in 2008 when a group of more than 20 engineering education leaders recog-nized a need for a global forum of engineering deans and rectors. With-in a short five years, membership grew to include over 120 deans from nearly 40 countries. Through the support of Dr. Bob Bishop, OPUS dean of the College of Engineering, Marquette has grabbed the oppor-tunity to host this unique global net-work led by Dr. Hans J. Hoyer, exec-utive secretary, and his team. The vision of GEDC is to empower deans in advancing their institution’s mis-sion in preparing the next generation of engineers to successfully tackle the challenges of the 21st century and serve society more effectively. The council’s four main focuses in-clude: institutional leadership, cur-

riculum leadership, policy leadership and accreditation leadership. Annual conferences provide a space for mem-bers to leverage their collective strengths, discuss emerging issues and challenges, and share best practices per-taining to leading an engineering school. Dr. Hans J. Hoyer explains, “The GEDC exists to improve the education systems in which engineers will learn the neces-sary skills to address and begin to solve complex global problems.” Corporate representatives join deans as members invested in preparing the next genera-tion of engineers and include representa-tives from Hewlett Packard, The Math-works, and Airbus, among others. Ra-chel Schroeder, head of employment marketing for Airbus describes the ben-efits of their involvement, “I would say my top five objectives are…gaining a better understanding of how Airbus can work with higher education in a mutual-

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ly beneficial way, and getting to know key university contacts from around the world.” The Global Engineering Deans Council 2013 Annual Conference was held in Chicago, IL in October. This year’s conference focused on the use of technology in engineering education and evidence-based practices in making en-gineering education more effective and efficient. The GEDC office is located in the College of Engineering, Haggerty Hall 209. Visit the GEDC website to learn more about the organization and the critical role they play in developing

the next generation of engineers.

This is article is re-published with per-mission by the author. The original pub-lication appeared at: http://www.marquette.edu/oie/mu-global/2013

-November.html

Marquette University embraces ingenuity

as host of the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) By: Erin LeMoine

Marquette University

Marquette University, College of Engineering New Engineering Hall. Photo source: http://www.opus-group.com/Media/ProjectImages/Marquette-University-College-of-

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Predatory publishing has increased with the advent of article processing charges for some Open access journals in the

scholarly publishing sector.

The 2013 list has grown from 23 pub-lishers in 2012 to 225 publishers in 2013, which shows the growth of this industry and the difficulty in monitor-

ing these publishers.

According to Jeffrey Beall predatory,

open-access publishers:

“are those that unprofessionally exploit the author-pays model of open-access publishing (Gold OA) for their own

profit.

Typically, these publishers spam pro-fessional email lists, broadly soliciting article submissions for the clear pur-

pose of gaining additional income.

Operating essentially as vanity presses, these publishers typically have a low article acceptance threshold, with a false-front or non-existent peer review

process.

Unlike professional publishing opera-tions, whether subscription-based or ethically-sound open access, these predatory publishers add little value to scholarship, pay little attention to digi-tal preservation, and operate using fly-by-night, unsustainable business mod-

els.

Jeffrey Beall’s Criteria for determining predatory open access publishers are

listed here:

http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/30/criteria-for-determining-predatory-open

-access-publishers-2nd-edition/

A few of the easier to spot criteria he

mentions are:

· The absence of suitably qualified aca-demics listed on the journals’ editorial

boards.

· The absence of a formal editorial /

review board.

· The lack of clear information about author fees, offering to publish an au-

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Predatory publishing, under the focus of Jeffrey Beall

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thor’s paper and later sending a previ-

ously-undisclosed invoice.

· Dishonest naming of the journal (e.g. a journal with the word “Canadian” or “Swiss” in its name that has nothing to

do with Canada or Switzerland).

· Dishonest claiming to an impact factor. This can easily be checked in the Web

of Science database.

· Spam requests for peer reviews to scholars unqualified to review submitted

manuscripts.

QUICK TIPS

· Be wary of emails soliciting you for content for a journal, conference, ency-

clopedias or research gateway.

· Ask up front if author processing fees

will apply and how much they are.

· Check the review board and the quali-

fications of its members.

· Check the Library’s Subject guide on Scholarly publishing which has a tab on Open Access publishing and examples of the publishers and journals which we

support.

N.B. QUT Library supports Open Ac-cess publishing fees, except where there is grant which could be used to pay these fees. For example, some funding

agencies

(including the NHMRC and ARC) allow article processing fees to be included in the direct research costs of the project

budget.

This article was published with permis-sion from the author. To read more on Jeffrey Beall please visit: http://

scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-

predatory-publishers-2013/

Unlike professional publishing opera-tions, whether sub-scription-based or ethically-sound open access, these predatory publish-ers add little value to scholarship, pay little attention to digital preserva-tion, and operate using fly-by-night, unsustainable busi-

ness models.

Jeffrey Beall (in the photo), a librarian at Auraria Library, University of Colorado, Denver has published widely on the topic of Predatory Publishers and maintains his own website. His interest in scholarly open-access publishing began in 2009 when he reviewed the publisher Bentham Open in The Charleston Advisor, a journal that re-

views electronic resources.

The latest on Jeffrey Beall, can be found here:

http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/

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To MOOCers and shakers in the

world of higher education, the

question about MOOCs now is

not merely “to MOOC or not to

MOOC”, but “how to MOOC

strategically” when more and

more universities are jumping

onto the bandwagon of MOOCs.

This month, the two major

MOOC providers Coursera and

edX both announced that they

have successfully attracted many

more institutions to partner with

them. Coursera, in addition, has

partnered with several major

publishers, such as Macmillan

Higher Education, SAGE and

Oxford University Press, to pro-

vide teaching and learning mate-

rials to the students at no cost.

MOOC stands for Massive Open

Online Courses. The massive

coverage of discussions about

MOOCs in the media, both pros

and cons (see ACA Newsletter -

Education Europe, February

2013), have convinced both en-

thusiasts and sceptics in the

world of higher education that

MOOCs, like global university

rankings, are “here to stay”.

More and more universities, in-

cluding Yale University, which

have been hesitant to join the

MOOC race, are compelled to

MOOC along with their peers.

Believe it or not, MOOCs are all

over the place, in the newspapers,

in conferences, and even in uni-

versity board meetings. According

to a Gallup survey and some fol-

low-up enquiries conducted by

Inside Higher Ed, US university

presidents are under increasing

pressure to look into the impact of

MOOCs on their “business mod-

el”. However, most of the presi-

dents are sceptical about the po-

tential of MOOCs in improving

the learning of all students or

solving colleges’ financial chal-

lenges, as opposed to the trustees

from the business world who are

keen to rush into the MOOC race.

To read the full article please vis-

it: http://www.aca-

secretari-

at.be/index.php?id=29&tx_smfaca

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0ad91ee02c8d2343

This article was re-published with

permission from SEFI Secretariat

in Brussels.

Source:

http://www.sefi.be/?p=3458

“What the MOOC” International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education, Hubli, India SPEED and IUCEE, two global engineering organizations have collaborated to enhance and em-power engineering education in India. Some of the keynote speak-ers will be R. Natarajan, F. C. Kohli, Sugata Mitra, Michael Milli-gan, Michael Auer, Lueny Morell and Bopaya Bidanda as well as Seeram Ramakrishna. IUCEE along with International Federa-tion of Engineering Education So-cieties and Global Engineering Deans Council are co—sponsors of this conference. The confer-ence is supported by TEQIP of government of India. Participants from the workshop have devel-oped action plans which are being implemented in the IUCEE con-sortium colleges. Student chap-ters have been formed in continu-ation to these workshops so that leaders from SPEED can keep in constant touch with the partici-pants and guide them through their action plans after the work-shop. This conference will contin-ue for two days, January 16th—18th, 2014, Hubli, India.

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IPW Regional Conference on Engineering Education 2013

Is the “concept of competence” in crisis?

Avenues to engineering education

November 7-9, 2013 at the Technoseum in Manheim, Germany

The success story of technical education is mov-

ingly illustrated and documented at the TECH-

NOSEUM Mannheim, where this year’s IPW

regional conference will be held. The success

story of technical education is movingly illustrat-

ed and documented at the TECHNOSEUM

Mannheim, where this year’s IPW regional con-

ference will be held.

Worldwide, there are efforts to learn from this

success story. However, we are constantly chal-

lenged by new terminology, new didactic con-

cepts and new educational policies.

Which of these foster learning? What will stand

the test and still be used in the future? What can

be linked to the Central European tradition of

technical education and its high quality standards?

More specifically: Is the fixation on promoting

competence a suitable pedagogical approach?

Might the concept of competence be in crisis it-

self? Does it stand up to critical scrutiny?

The 8th Regional Conference provides a forum

for discussion on relevant questions about the

education of engineers and vocational training.

Questions arising from the process of change,

studies and keynote speeches and „best-practice“-

examples will be presented and discussed, e.g.

♦ Fundamental questions concerning Engineering

Education ♦ Concepts of competence in technical

education ♦ Web 2.0 – new approaches in teach-

ing ♦ Humanity – Technology – Work – World ♦

Bionics – Learning from nature ♦ Innovative

concepts in teaching and learning: examples of

best practice ♦ Implementation and implica-

tions of the UNESCO Engineering Initiative

The theme of bionics draws our attention to an

exhibition prepared by TECHNOSEUM – a

wonderful opportunity to become aware of how

much we can learn from nature.

Prof. Dr. Ralph Dreher, University of Siegen, Vice President of IPW; Gudrun Kammasch, President of IPW and Chinese Doc-toral Student of Professor Dreher.

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Michael Auer, Professor of Engineering Systems, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria, President of IGIP, IFEES member or-ganization. Giving a presentation at WEEF 2012 Buenos Aires, Ar-

gentina.

Claudio Borri, IFEES Founding President and Eli-sa Guberti, Engineering Professor, University of

Firenze.

Hulas King, Siemens Representative, Ivan Esparragoza, IFEES First Vice President for the Americas; Eduardo Silva Sanchez,

recipient of IFEES President’s Award.

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Who Applied to Georgia Tech's

New Master's Program? In October of this year, two of the

United States’ leading daily

newspapers, The Washing-

ton Post and the New York

Times, both published pieces on

“MOOCs,” demonstrating contin-

ued public interest in online

courses and e-Learning. The

Washington Post opinion piece,

“MOOCS Going Mainstream?

This may be the year,” reported

on the recent partnership of

Google, Harvard and MIT to ex-

pand the edX initiative, while the

NYT article reported on the recent

partnership between the US State

Department and Coursera. The

growing number of partnerships

in MOOCs suggest that they are

here to stay, and will be a regular

part of the discussion in reforming

education.

Please visit the two links below to read more about these exciting

initiatives.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/10/08/moocs-going-mainstream-this-

may-be-the-year/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/education/us-plans-global-network-of-free-online-

courses.html?src=recpb&_r=1&

The Georgia Institute of Technolo-

gy has initiated a new low-cost

online master's degree in computer

science in partnership with AT&T

and the massive open online

course provider Udacity.

According to Georgia Tech Offi-

cials “the degree costs only

$7,000, and university officials

have promised it will be as rigor-

ous as the residential program,

which can cost up to $40,000 a

year. The program has drawn al-

most as many applicants from

Georgia -- 336 -- as California, the

highest represented state, with 343

applicants. AT&T employees total

514 of the applicants.

To read more please visit:

http://www.insidehighered.com/qu

icktakes/2013/10/31/who-applied-

georgia-techs-new-masters-

program#ixzz2jhw7KMoT

Inside Higher Ed

MOOCs Still a Hot Topic

Building Sustainable Cities

John Macomber is senior lecturer in the finance unit at Harvard Business School who recently published an arti-cle in the Harvard business review on broad strategies for addressing the challenges from rapid urbanization and scarce resources. The article provides a framework for identifying key invest-ment opportunities in resource efficien-cy. Macomber provides a financial perspective to the global challenge of urbanization. You may preview the

article or purchase a PDF copy at:

http://hbr.org/2013/07/building-

sustainable-cities/

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The 2013 Annual Conference of the

Global Engineering Deans Council was

held in Chicago, Illinois, USA on

October 20 (Sunday) through October

22 (Tuesday). This year’s Conference

focused on “Online Digital Education

and Transformed Faculty Roles,” the

use of technology in the enhancement

of engineering education and,

specifically, on evidence-based

practices in making engineering

education more effective and efficient.

Among the keynote speakers for the

Conference were C. D. Mote, Jr.,

Seeram Ramakrishna, Tae-Eog Lee,

and John J. Tracy. Mote is the

President of the National Academy of

Engineering. Ramakrishna is Director

of the Center for Nanofibers &

Nanotechnology, National University of

Singapore. He served as the Dean of

Engineering from 2003-2008. Lee is

the Dean of Education for the 3.0

Initiative at Korea Advanced Institute

of Science and Technology (KAIST). He

serves as the chairman for the creative

education subcommittee for KAIST. At

KAIST he has also served as Director

of Library and Information Systems

and Founding Director of the National

Digital Science Library. Tracy is Chief

Technology Officer of The Boeing

Company and Senior Vice President of

Engineering, Operations & Technology.

He is a member of the National

Academy of Engineering, as well as a

Fellow of the American Institute of

Aeronautics and Astronautics.

On Monday October 21st, in the award

dinner was recognized Ana Lazarin of

Wichita State University, she was the

first recipient of the GEDC Airbus

Diversity Award in Engineering

Education which took place in the Art

Institute of Chicago.

Ana Lazarin was recognized for her

outreach, recruitment and retention

programs which have increased the

number of under represented minority

GEDC 2013 Chicago Conference

and the first GEDC Airbus Diversity

in Engineering Education Award Dinner

it supports, with diversity recog-

nized as a driver for innovation

which is essential for future

growth.

“At Airbus we have some 100

nationalities, and over 20 lan-

guages are spoken among our

59,000 employees. This diversity

helps to foster the innovation and

performance which are essential

for our industry” said Charles

GEDC and Airbus Leadership (From left to right) Alaa Ashmawy, GEDC Executive Committee Member; Tuncay Döğeroğlu, GEDC Secretary Treasurer;

Hans J. Hoyer, GEDC Executive Secretary; Cristina Amon, GEDC Past Chair; John Beynon, GEDC

Chair; Sarah Rajala, GEDC Immediate Past Chair, David Garza Salazar, GEDC Past Chair; Charles

Champion, Airbus Executive Vice President for Engineering.

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students in the College of Engi-

neering at WSU by 91% over the

last 5 years.

The award was created by Air-

bus and the GEDC to recognize

individuals who have been pro-

active in encouraging students

of all profiles and backgrounds

(regardless of gender, social

backgrounds, nationality, culture

or disability) to study and suc-

ceed in engineering. The long

term objective is to ensure that

the engineering industry reflects

the diversity of the communities

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o f E n g i n e e r i n g E d u c a t i o n

Members of the GEDC Airbus Award Evaluation Committees at the Chicago Art Institute during the first Award Dinner.

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Sarah Rajala, Dean of Engineer-

ing at Iowa State University and

GEDC Chair added “the strong

demand for engineers globally

means that industry must at-

tract and secure an increasingly

diverse talent pool. We hope

that more educators will be in-

spired to take up the challenge

as Ana has done, to ensure that

engineering graduates reflect

the society in which we live,

work and teach.”

Ana Lazarin received 10,000

USD to support her continued

work in this field, with 1,500

USD going to two other finalists

from University of Notre Dame,

USA and University of Seville,

Spain. An evaluation committee

led by Charles Champion and

comprising experts from aca-

demia and industry met with the

finalists in Chicago and selected

the award recipient. In addition

to the financial reward Ana will

be a VIP guest of Airbus during

the coming year, to visit one of

their major production sites and

meet with Airbus executives.

Sources: http://www.airbus.com/

presscentre/pressreleases/press-

release-detail/detail/airbus-and-

global-engineering-deans-council-

hand-out-the-first-award-for-diversity-

in-engineering-ed/#

http://

gedc2013.engineering.nd.edu/

index.html

Reprinted with permission from the

author

Sarah Rajala, Dean of Engineering at Iowa State University and GEDC Chair together with Charles Champion Airbus Executive Vice President for Engineering, present the first GEDC Airbus Diversity Award for Engineering

Education to Ana Lazarin of Wichita State University, United States.

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From Left to Right: Nicholas Xenos of Juniper Networks; Ramiro Jordan, IFEES Executive Committee Member; Hans J. Hoyer, IFEES Secretary General; Christina White of Texas A and M, Engineering Educator and Inventor.

Krishna Vedula, IFEES Former President, with SPEED Leaders, WEEF 2013 Cartagena, Septem-

ber 20th, 2013

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o f E n g i n e e r i n g E d u c a t i o n

IFEES General Assembly Members and Friends. Photo taken in September 27th, 2013, WEEF 2013 Cartagena,

Colombia.

David Garza Salazar, GEDC Past Chair and Paul Feigin, Former GEDC Executive Committee Member

Claudio Freitas, SPEED President, Duncan Fraser, IFEES President Elect and David Delaine, IFEES Vice President for Students Affairs, engage in a discussion with Colombian Students at WEEF 2013 Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

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HP Institute: Closing the IT Skills Gap

Every generation has had an industry that changed the fab-ric of society. In the last 40 years, information technology (IT) has been that defining industry, driving unbelievable change in how we work and live. It is a connected world filled with great promise. However, for the 75 million unemployed young people in the world (23.4% youth unem-ployment Europe), the question is how can they tap into the

promise of this digital age?

The irony is there are plenty of good jobs out there, especially in IT. For businesses today, technology is a vital part in reaching new customers, im-proving productivity, reducing costs, and innovating effective-ly. Companies are looking to adopt trending technologies such as social, mobility, big data, and cloud to keep from being outmaneuvered by those who do. As a result, the de-mand for employees with IT

skills is increasing.

To read the full article please visit: http://www.sefi.be/wp-con-tent/uploads/N@S%20October

%2013_short.pdf

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Reprinted with permission from the European Society for

Engineering Education

IFEES Leadership (from left to right): Lueny Morell, Seeram Ramakrishna, Frank Huband, Claudio Borri, Jose Carlos Quadrado, Maria Larrondo Petrie, Krishna Vedula, Xavier Fouger and Duncan Fraser. Photo taken in Chicago,

October 2013.

Dhinesh Radhakrishnan and Hans J. Hoyer at the Universidad Tecno-logica de Bolivar, Car-tagena de Indias, Co-

lombia.

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o f E n g i n e e r i n g E d u c a t i o n

David Delaine, Former SPEED President, IFEES Vice President for Student Affairs

Erik De Graaff and Jennifer DeBoer,

IIDEA Co-Directors

Claudio Borri, IFEES Founding President and

Seeram Ramakrishna, GEDC Co-Founder

Françoise Côme, Secretary General, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), Brussels, Belgium and IFEES Vice president

for Europe.

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Monique Simon, Director of uni-versity relations and Fabien Re-nault, Vice President Human Resources and Communication

Americas, at TOTAL, S.A.

Indian and Nigerian

Engineering Deans Del-

egation Visit American

Universities

In October 23rd, four-teen deans from various engineering colleges in India and two deans from Nigeria embarked on a three day bus tour to visit three U.S. universities in the Midwest. The first visit was at Purdue University where the delegation was welcomed by Candiss B. Vibbert, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Prof. Suranjan Panigrahi in the Depart-ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Technology.

In the meeting were dis-

cussed potential collabora-

tions between Indian and

Nigerian Institutions and

the College of Technology,

Purdue University. The

delegation visited the Dis-

covery Park and became

familiar with the technolo-

gy applied and current re-

search conducted in this

institution.

The second visit was at the

University of Wisconsin,

Milwaukee, where the del-

egation was welcomed by

Brett A. Peters, Dean of

the College of Engineering

and Applied Sciences. In

this visit, Indian Deans

visited the campus and

learned in detail how the Uni-

versity academic credit system

is applied in the United States.

The third stop was at Michi-

gan State University, where

Satish Udpa, Executive Vice

President for Administrative

Affairs welcomed the delega-

tion and gave a presentation

Engineering Deans from India and Nigeria gathered for a group photo on the campus of Michigan

State University (below).

on the current research projects

undertaken by MSU College of

Engineering. His keynote ad-

dress was followed by other

presentations from other lead-

ers in the College of Engineer-

ing.

Jose Carlos Quadrado

IFEES President (2012-2014)

Stephanie Farrell

IFEES Executive Committee Member

Hans J. Hoyer

IFEES Secretary General

Peter Tase

International Program Assistant

Deborah Donovan

Consultant

Stephanie Cheng

Consultant

International Federation of Engineering

Education Societies

Marquette University

College of Engineering

1515 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Milwaukee, USA, 53233

We are on the Web:

www.ifees.net

Links of Interest:

http://www.sefi.be/ifees/?p=2230

http://www.sefi.be/ifees/wp-content/uploads/S.-B.-Mukasa_-Capacity-Building-in-STEM-and-Manufacturing-

Entrepreneurship.pdf

http://www.sefi.be/ifees/wp-content/uploads/Robert-Bishop-Workshop-6_A-Circle-of-Discovery-Local-

Solutions-to-Global-Challenges.pdf

http://www.sefi.be/ifees/wp-content/uploads/Tony-Majoram-Mona-Dahms-Workshop10_Project-Based-

Learning.pdf

Michael B. Cutlip, “Advances in Engineering Computations” http://www.sefi.be/ifees/wp-content/uploads/Michael-B.-Cutlip-Presentation-in-Africa.pdf Introduction to Problem Solving with POLYMATH Excel and MATLAB

http://www.sefi.be/ifees/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Cutlip-Africa-Seminar-Session-2.pdf

http://www.gedcouncil.org/features/gedc-2013-chicago-conference-presentations

http://hbr.org/2013/07/building-sustainable-cities/

http://www.gedcouncil.org/news/yannis-c-yortsos-delivered-keynote-speech-national-academy-engineering