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Lueny Morell |
Lueny is Americas Lead for the Open Innovation Office (OIO) at HP Laboratories (HP Labs), Hewlett Packard Company (HP). A licensed professional engineer, she holds a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez and an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. With over 80 scientific and education papers, Lueny is a member of various national and international boards and advisory committees among them, President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies, member of the US NSF International Advisory Committee for Science and Engineering, the Pan American Academy of Engineering, ASEE’s International Advisory Committee, the Editorial Board of the ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, SEFI Industrial Advisory Board, and the US National Academy of Engineering Committees on Engineering Curriculum and Eng Education Scholarly Education Practice. She has received various honors during her academic career, including the prestigious Bernard M. Gordon Prize for innovation in engineering and technology education given by US National Academy of Engineering in 2006. |
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Francisco Ruiz, P.E., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Mechanical, |
Education
Professional Experience and Development Visiting Associate Professor (sabbatical leave), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University -invention and innovation
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Prof.Dr. Robbert Dijkgraaf |
Robbert Dijkgraaf (born 1960) has been a "Distinguished University Professor" at the University of Amsterdam since 2005, where he has held the chair of mathematical physics since 1992. Prof. Dijkgraaf studied physics and mathematics at Utrecht University. After an interlude studying painting at Amsterdam's Gerrit Rietveld Academy, he gained his PhD cum laude in Utrecht in 1989. His supervisor was the Nobel Prize-winner Gerard 't Hooft. Prof. Dijkgraaf subsequently held positions at Princeton University and at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. His current focus is on string theory, quantum gravity, and the interface between mathematics and particle physics. His research was recognised in 2003 with the award of the NWO Spinoza Prize, the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. Robbert Dijkgraaf has been a guest professor at universities including Harvard, MIT, Berkeley, and Kyoto. He is on the editorial boards of numerous scientific periodicals, and is also the scientific adviser to institutes in Cambridge, Bonn, Stanford, Dublin, and Paris. Prof. Dijkgraaf is also a member of the Second Innovatieplatform.
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Dr. Tony Marjoram |
Dr Tony Marjoram is a Senior Programme Specialist responsible for the Engineering Sciences in the Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences at UNESCO. He is a Chartered Professional Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia. He has worked for UNESCO for 15 years, and has over 25 years experience in engineering, science and technology policy, planning and management in the development context. He has worked at several universities, has published over 50 papers, articles and reports, is on the board of several international journals including the “European Journal of Engineering Education”, international “Journal of Engineering Education” and “Technology Analysis and Strategic Management”. He is an Associate Fellow of the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, member of theAdvisory Board of the “Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability” Centre at the University of Sussex, and was a member of the UN Millennium Project Task Force on Science, Technology and Innovation. |
Keynote Debate on the Future of Engineering Education
Engineering is the key to a sustainable future for all of us. The world needs engineers to answer the challenges of this age: to innovate continuously, increasing production and lowering pollution and the strain on the environment. Obviously Engineering Education will have to adapt to the changing environment in order to train new generations of engineers. How that could look like is the topic of the debate on the Future of Engineering Education.
For this debate we have invited three researchers form different parts of the world to present their vision and to discuss their points of view. The panel will be chaired by Prof. dr. Anette Kolmos, the president-elect of SEFI. Below you will find the presenters in alphabetical order:
Brent Jesiek (PhD), Viginia tech USA
Euan Lindsay (PhD), Curtin University, Australia
Gillian Saunders Smits (PhD) Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Prof. dr. Anette Kolmos Anette Kolmos, professor in Engineering Education and PBL and Chairholder for UNESCO Chair in Problem Based Learning in Engineering Education, Aalborg University. http://www.ucpbl.net Dr. Kolmos holds a Ph.D. in "Gender, Technology and Education" (1989). During the last 20 years, she has researched following areas, primarily within engineering education: Change to PBL curriculum, development of transferable skills and faculty development. She is actively involved in developing profile of Engineering Education Research in Europe as well as internationally. She is the Chair of SEFI working group on Engineering Education Research and President-Elect for SEFI 2008-2009. Dr. Kolmos is associate editor for European Journal of Engineering Education, SEFI and has recently stopped as associate editor for Journal of Engineering Education. She serves several editorial journal boards for other journals in the field. She has served as member of several advisory boards, Member of Programbeirat für Hochschuldidaktik, für alle Universitäten in Baden Württemberg, Germany. Member of the External Advisory Board for 7th Framework Program: People.
President-elect of SEFI
Dr. Brent Jesiek Virginia Tech Ph.D. 2006 Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Professional Appointments: 2008 - Assistant Professor, School of Engineering Education and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
School of Engineering Education
Purdue University,West LafayetteEducation:
Virginia Tech M.S. 2003 Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Michigan Tech B.S. 1998 Electrical Engineering (Computer Engineering)
2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech
2006 - 2008 Manager, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech
2002 - 2007 Instructor, Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech
2004 - 2006 Fellow, Graduate Education Development Institute, Virginia Tech
2003 - 2004 Graduate Assistant, Graduate Education Development Institute, Virginia Tech
2001 - 2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Science and Technology Studies, Virginia Tech
1998 - 2000 Programmer/Analyst, East Jordan Iron Works, East Jordan, Michigan
Dr Euan Lindsay Euan Lindsay received the PhD degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2005. Dr Lindsay is a Senior Lecturer and the Discipline Leader for Mechatronic Engineering at Curtin University of Technology, in Perth, Western Australia. His research interests include engineering education, telecontrol (particularly internet-based telecontrol), artificial neural networks, and rehabilitative technologies for people with sensing impairments. Dr Lindsay is the Vice President of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, and co-edits the Australasian Journal of Engineering Education. Dr Lindsay was the recipient of a 2007 Carrick Award for Australian University Teaching. In 2005 he was named as one of the 30 Most Inspirational Young Engineers in Australia.
Dept of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
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Dr.ir.G.N. Saunders-Smits |
Gillian Saunders-Smits has been teaching at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands since 1999.
Within Aerospace Engineering she is the project education coordinator for the first two years of the BSC programme and co-coordinator for the capstone BSE design projects. Next to that she teaches first and second year mechanics courses.
Her research interests are engineering education and in particularly alumni research and project-based learning. In 2003 she was part of the winning team of the "UfD-Ritsema van Eckprize for excellent teamwork in academic settings" and in 2008 she obtained her PhD on the Study of Delft Aerospace Alumni, highlighting the importance of alumni research for curriculum development. She is a member of KIVI (Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers) and the American Society of Engineering Education and ALE (Active Learning in Engineering Education). She regularly publishes at engineering education conferences and is co-editor of the book: Research and Practice of Active Learning in Engineering Education.
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