Update on iNEER/ICEE

Scientific Board Meeting

VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

Ostrava, Czech Republic

Win Aung, Ph.D., Dr.h.c., P.E.

NSF, Arlington, VA, USA

Secretary General, iNEER/ICEE-ISC

waung@nsf.gov; waung@ineer.org

May 25, 2001

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Int. collaboration/information exchange to improve students’ education experience: iNEER

Background of iNEER/ICEE

Unique FeaturesiNEER Website

Progress and Recent Initiatives

Questions

• How can researchers work more closely across international boundaries?

• How can we cooperate to provide high quality education experience for students?

• How we instill global-connectivity in curricular materials?

• How we collectively advance and exploit opportunities in distance learning?

ICEE - 1994: Taipei

1995: Taipei

1997: Chicago/Carbondale

1998: Rio de Janeiro

1999: Ostrava/Prague

2000: Taipei /Tainan

2001: Oslo/Bergen

2002: Manchester

2003: Valencia

2004: Gainesville

Future: Poland, Korea, Puerto Rico, Blacksburg, Others

Common Theme:

Progress Through Partnerships

Uniqueness of ICEE

• Started spontaneously from grass-root interests

• Each hosting nation responsible for all aspects of programming, budgeting

• Each conference is unique, yet all linked by common desire for collaboration

• Little formality• Highlights local cultures and history

iNEER: “Virtual” organization open to anyone free of membership fees

• Formed to provide continuity and structure to ICEE

• Community in eng. & related areas: math and sci., comp. sci/eng, edu. psychology, materials, business

• Linked by conf., workshops, website, e-mails

• Helps implement partnerships

iNEER Websitehttp://www.ineer.org

• Repository of information on international education and research- Proposal guide for ICEE conferences- Procedure for ICEE workshops- Articles, talks

• Archive for iNEER/ICEE proceedings & correspondences

• Directory• Webmasters, Editor

INTERNATIONAL NETWORK FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (iNEER)

International Advisory Board

Saul K. Fenster, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Peter Hicks, UMIST, Manchester, UK Wayne Johnson, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA

Rolf Palmgren, Telemark University College, Porsgrunn, Norway Chair: Vaclav Roubicek, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Luiz Scavarda, Pontifico Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Victor Schutz, IEEE Education Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

George Swisher, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA Vice Chair : C.H. Wei, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC –

Andreas Wild, Motorola Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Secretary General/Editor Win Aung, Potomac, MD, USA

Treasurer

S.T. Mau, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Webmasters Radim Farana, Webmaster, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Raymond Hayling, Associate Webmaster, NJIT, Newark, NJ, U.S.A.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION

INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

Chair: V. Roubicek, Vice Chair: C.H. Wei, Sec. General: Win Aung Colin Adamson-Macedo, UK Sheikh Akbar, U.S.A. Timothy Anderson, FL, USA Jørn Archer, Norway Win Aung, U.S.A. Tomas Cermak, Czech Rep. C.Y. Chang, Taiwan, ROC Juh Wah Chen, U.S.A. Trond Clausen, Norway Dom. Depeyre, France Melvyn Dodridge, UK Ahmad Fadzil, Malaysia R. Farana, Czech Republic Saul K. Fenster, U.S.A. Ana Gimeno-Sanz, Spain Peter Hicks, UK Takashi Jinma, Japan Wayne Johnson, U.S.A. Ramiro Jordan, U.S.A. K.S. Kim, Korea Janusz Kowal, Poland Peter Lee, U.S.A. Georges Lespinard, France S.T. Mau, U.S.A. John Mead, U.S.A. Adolf Melezinek, Austria O. Minayev, Ukraine Carolyn Meyers, U.S.A. Lueny Morell, Puerto Rico Y.W. Ng, Hong Kong, China Justo Nieto, Spain Hideo Ohashi, Japan Rolf Palmgren, Norway Peter Paschen, Austria Ana Pavani, Brazil V. Penjak, Slovak Rep. J. Polak, Czech Republic V. Roubicek, Czech Rep. L. M. Sanchez Ruiz, Spain Ted Sanders, U.S.A. Bogdan Sapinski, Poland Luiz Scavarda, Brazil A. Schlachetzki, Germany Victor Schutz, U.S.A. R. Sosnowski, Poland George Swisher, U.S.A. R. E. Vásquez-Espinosa, PR C.H. Wei, Taiwan, ROC Joel Weisz, Brazil Andreas Wild, Germany Ed Zavadskas, Lithuania Wojciech Zielinski, Poland Michail Zgurosky, Ukraine

Other Achievements of iNEER/ICEE

• Many innovations to networking and partnerships

• Real exchanges of researchers

• More plans for future interaction

ICEE-2000

• iNEER Awards

• MOUs in Taiwan

• Keynote speakers: C.L. Tien, S.K. Fenster, J.S. Jackson

• Invited Lecture on Recent Developments in Engineering Education: Farana et al.

• Panel on I/U Interaction

• Partnership Workshop, Tainan, 8/18/2001

ICEE-2001 Initiatives

• ICEE-2001 Workshops: USA-Poland-CZ; USA-Taiwan-Korea; USA-Scandinavia

• ICEE-Africa Connections

• ICEE-Coalitions Connections – Manufacturing Education

• Calls in Key Areas of Eng. Ed.- Nanotechnology

- Multimedia-Enhanced Lab.

- Bologna Declaration

- International Accreditation

- Friction Materials

ICEE-2001 Astracts (4/1/01)# of Countries: 46 # of Abstracts: 434

Algeria 1 Argentina 2Austria 2 Australia 11Bosnia 3 Brazil 46Canada 5 Croatia 4Czech Republic 20 Denmark 2Finland 2 France 1Germany 1 Greece 1Hungary 3 India 3Ireland 2 Israel 1Japan 3 Korea 3Lithuana 1 Malaysia 6Mauritius 6 Moroco 4Norway 25 Poland 12Portugal 2 Puerto Rico 3Romania 4 Russia 5Senegal 2 Slovak Republic 3Slovenia 1 South Africa 2Spain 11 Sweden 8Switzerland 1 Taiwan 31Tanzania 1 Thailand 1Tunisia 3 Turkey 3Ukraine 2 United Kingdom 30USA 149 Zimbabwe 2

iNEER/ICEE-ISC RETREATS

• 1st Retreat– March 19, 2001, Arlington, VA, USA

• 2nd Retreat– April 23, 2001, Arlington, VA, USA

• Future– ???, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA, USA

Agenda

Monday, March 19, 2001, Room 120, NSF, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230

8:00 AM Refreshments8:30-10:00 AM ICEE/iNEER Update and Initiatives10:00 AM USA-Latin America Linkage in

Computer Sci/Eng (J. Abrahams)

10:15 AM Digital Libraries (S. Griffin)10:30 AM Life-Long Learning (J. Cherniavsky)10:45-11:00 AM Break11:00-11:45 AM Engineering Education

Partnerships (L. Scavarda)11:45-12:15 N Engineering ETD's/Networking of

Digital Libraries of Universities (A. Pavani)

AGENDAMonday, April 23, 2001

8:00 AM Refreshments8:30 AM Introduction8:40 AM NSF Welcome – E. Marsh

iNEER/ICEE-ISC Welcome – C.H. WeiMessage from Prof. V. Roubicek

8:50 AM ICEE/iNEER Update – W. Aung9:15 AM ICEE-2001 – Clausen/Austena

- Critical Dates; Conference Programs; Technical Tours; Social and Cultural Programs; Conference Fees; Logistics; Lodging

10:00 AM ICEE-2001 Workshops – Clausen/Austena with input from organizers- Partnership Workshop: V. Rao- Korea-Taiwan – USA Workshop: C.H. Wei/M. Yen- Czech Rep.- Poland - USA Workshop: J. Barglik/A. Krizakova/R. Sosnowski/T. Wiltowski- Scandinavia – USA Workshop: T. Clausen/S. Meldal

10:30 AM ICEE-2001 Special Sessions/Panels – Clausen/ Austena + Others- International Accreditation; Nano-Engineering Education; Friction Materials Education; Multimedia-Enhanced Education; Wireless Telecommunications Education; Bologna Declaration; Work-Based Learning

11:00 AM Break11:15 AM ICEE-2002, ICEE-2004 – W. Aung

- Plans; Initiatives11:25 AM ICEE-2003 – L. M. Sanchez-Ruiz11:40 AM Fund Raising – L. Morell/S. Fenster12 Noon No-Host Lunch

1:00 PM Future ICEEs

- Proposal Process

- Future Hosts/Venues: Krakow/Gliwice; Blacksburg; Mayaguez; others

1:30 PM Inter-ICEE Workshops

- General Principles

- Specific Proposals: Scavarda/Morell; Barglik/Krizakova/Sosnowski/Wiltowski

2:00 PM iNEER Committees and Other Initiatives

- International Student Internships – S. Fenster

- Bologna Declaration

- International Accreditation

- International Center on Engineering Education and Research – Krizakova/Sosnowski/Wiltowski

2:30 PM Future Activities

3:00 PM Adjourn and Free Activities

4:30 PM Departure by Van for Reception from NSF - ISC Members and Invited Guests

6:00 PM - Reception

Tuesday, April 24, 2001

9:00 AM Van departs from NSF for tour of Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Campuses

9:30 AM Arrive at the Northern Virginia Graduate Center

9:30 AM Tour classroom, labs and distance learning facilities

10:30 AM Depart for Alexandria

11:00 AM Arrive at Alexandria Research Institute

11:00 AM Tour ARI research facilities

12 N Lunch

1:00 PMDepart for return to NSF

Dear Colleagues and Friends!Dear Colleagues and Friends!I am sorry that I cannot be with I am sorry that I cannot be with yyou at the momentou at the moment,, and have to and have to choose such a way of greeting choose such a way of greeting

yyouou,, but my “Rector but my “Rector’s” obligations ’s” obligations sent me in a different direction sent me in a different direction

this time. Please accept Andrea as this time. Please accept Andrea as my representative and our my representative and our

university’s delegate for the university’s delegate for the retreat and contact her in any retreat and contact her in any

matter as you would do if I were matter as you would do if I were there. there. Moreover, she is not the only delegate of our Moreover, she is not the only delegate of our

university at the retreat. My good friend and university at the retreat. My good friend and colleague Win Aung has been a member of the colleague Win Aung has been a member of the Scientific Board of the Technical University of Scientific Board of the Technical University of Ostrava since last year, and that makes him Ostrava since last year, and that makes him another representative of our university at the another representative of our university at the retreat.retreat. Thank Thank yyouou,, Win! Win! I wish to all of you a I wish to all of you a fruitful and enjoyable meetingfruitful and enjoyable meeting!!See you in Carbondale or in Oslo.See you in Carbondale or in Oslo.With sincere regards, Vaclav Roubicek, With sincere regards, Vaclav Roubicek, Rector, VSBRector, VSB

Chair, iNEER/ICEE-ISCChair, iNEER/ICEE-ISC

Sponsors

• IEEE Education Society • Pontifitico University of Rio de Janiero • Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) • Microsoft Corp. • Motorola Inc. • Motorola Semiconductors (HK) Ltd. • National Chiao Tung University • New Jersey Institute of Technology • Southern Illinois University at Carbondale • Telemark University College • Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

• VSB - Technical University of Ostrava

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