September 2012 news@SEFI Issue 8/ 2013 IN THIS ISSUE SEFI Editorial 2 FROM SEFI 3 SEFI Annual Conference SEFI 2013 General Assembly Pre-conference Events FROM MEMBERS 6 HP FROM PARTNERS 8 IFEES IGIP Engineering Professors’ Council CALENDAR 9 PRESS REVIEW & GENERAL NEWS INNOVATION 10 YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 12 QUALITY ASSURANCE 13 RANKINGS 14 INTERNATIONALISATION 14 GENDER DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION 16 MARK THE DATES!!! ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR A CONNECTED WORLD VIth EUROPEAN CONVENTION of ENGINEERING DEANS APRIL 2nd-3rd 2014 LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN 8 / 2013 2 "Engineering Education Fast Forward" SEFI Annual Conference The 41st Annual Conference of SEFI was held in Leuven on 16-20 September and was organized by the KU Leuven. 330 delegates and 40 SEFI Fellows from 33 countries met in Belgium during four days to discuss and share views and experi- ences on “Engineering Education Fast Forward 1973 > 2013 >>”. This Conference marked also the 40th Anniversary of SEFI, for which 50 special invited guests came from all over the world. Among welcoming words from President of SEFI, Prof. Wim Van Petegem, the Rector of KU Leuven Prof. Rik Torfs, the Vice- Rector Prof. Georges Gieten, the Vice-Dean Prof. Yolande Berbers, and by Prof. Ludo Froyen, we were pleased to count Mrs. Lesley Wilson , Secretary General of EUA (European University Association), who offered some views on Higher Educa- tion in the 1970’s at the time of SEFI’s creation. The Conference welcomed a series of remarkable invited keynote presentations given by Erik Duval, KU Leuven on “Time to open up?”, Dr. Peter Sloep, Open University of the Netherlands, on The Future of Online Learning in Higher Education, Dr. Iring Wasser, ASIIN/ENAEE, on Accreditation and Mobility of Engineers in Europe: SEFI and ENAEE joining forces, Dr. Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines, on The Grand Challenge of Engineering Ethics Education, Dr. Sue Bray, IACEE, on Global Work Teams: Are We Adequately Preparing Our Engineers?, Dr. Mike Ashby, Cambridge University ,UK on Analysing Ar- ticulations of Sustainable Development, Dr. Jordi Segalas, UPC Barcelona Tech, on Transdisciplinarity: a Must for Sustain- able Education, Dr. Phil Wankat, Purdue University, on Past, Present and Future of Engineering Education, Dr. Caroline Bail- lie, University of Western Australia, on Reimagining Engineering and its Education, Dr. Roger Hadgraft, RMIT Australia, on Educating the Sustainability Engineer: Redesigning Curricula. A SEFI Corporate partners Round Table entitled “Industry Meets Education: The agenda of a young engineer in the coming decade ” was held too, with the participation of Xavier Fouger (Dassault Systems, SEFI Vice-President and Chair of SEFI Univer- sity - Business Cooperation Committee), Tuuli Sornikivi (Hewlett Packard), Alex Tarchini (Mathworks), Marc Fry (Granta), Philip Langenaken (National Instruments), Kim Koserski (Maplesoft), Marc Heyns (IMEC), Christiane Malcorps (Solvay). A series of pre- conference workshops were organised by our Working groups on Curriculum Development, Educational Technologies, Engi- neering Education Research, Ethics in EE, Gender and Diversity in EE, and Sustainability, as well as numerous workshops organ- ised by our Corporate Partners Mathworks, HP, and National Instruments. The SEFI Annual Conference 2013 was remarkable for many different aspects: the excellent presentations, the interesting pa- pers presented by colleagues from all over the globe, the strong presence of former SEFI presidents, Leonardo da Vinci Medalists, Fellows… Not to mention the wonderful locations of our Gala Dinner in the Faculty Club of KU Leuven and the Con- ference Banquet in the University Hall. This year awards ceremony has also been very intense, organized in the Promotiezaal of the University Hall and with 4 awardees. 8 / 2013 3 Following the tradition, several SEFI internal meetings such as Administrative Council meetings and General Assem- bly were also organised during the four days of the conference. The proceedings of the conference will be available after mid-October on www.sefi.be (publications). The SEFI 2013 Leonardo da Vinci Medal Ceremony was held on 25th September, on the occasion of the Conference Banquet. The medal was awarded to the well-known Belgian astronaut Dr Frank de Winne. He is Head of the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, he owns a Masters degree in telecommunications and civil engineering from the Royal Military Acad- emy of Belgium and received doctorates Honoris Causa from the University of Has- selt, the University of Antwerp, Gent University, the University of Liège and the Uni- versity of Mons. Frank De Winne is also the first European Space Agency astronaut to command a space mission, and is dedicated towards the education of science and technology to children and young adults. He warmly thanked SEFI Council for this award and praised SEFI for its work during the last 4 decades. The 2013 SEFI Fellowships Ceremony was awarded this year to Prof. Mervyn Jones (Imperial College, London), Prof. Aris Avdelas, (Former AC member of SEFI, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), in recognition for their long lasting and active involvement in SEFI. This year, SEFI also awarded an Honorary Membership to Chiara Maffioli for her long lasting support to her deceased husband, Prof. Francesco Maffioli (Former SEFI President, SEFI Treasurer) and to SEFI. The Conference also welcomed colleagues representing partner organisations, such as 4ING, ASEE, ASIBEI, BEST, CE- SEAR, ENAEE, IFEES, IACEE, IGIP, LACCEI. Our special thanks go to KU Leuven Rector, Prof. Rik Torfs, to the Vice-Rector Prof. Georges Gieten , to Prof. Yolande Berbers, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, to Prof. Ludo Froyen, Chairman of the Organising Com- mittee and to his dedicated team, Elsje, Elke, Annemie, Karen... We would also like to offer our deepest thanks to our sponsors who allowed, by their support and their active pres- ence, this Conference to be a tremendous success: 8 / 2013 4 SEFI General Assembly 2013 The Assembly took place on Friday 20th September 2013. It was attended by approx. 80 members present or repre- sented. The General Assembly was the occasion for electing the SEFI Vice-President 2013-2015, in the person of Prof. Anto- nia Moropoulou, Vice-Rector of the National Technical University of Athens. 7 members of the Administrative Council were elected for a three-year mandate: Profs. Jerzy Rutkowski (Silesian University of Technology), Ladislav Musilek (Czech University of Technology in Prague), Esat Alpay (Imperial Col- lege, London), Pieter de Vries (TU Delft) Hannu Matti Jarvinen (Tampere University of Technology), Joao Rocha (President of the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto), Carlo Noé (Università Carlo Cattaneo ). 2 members of the Administrative Council were elected too for a two-year mandate: Prof. Tuncay Dogeroglu (Dean of Anadolu University) and Yiannis Pavlou (National Instruments). We would like to welcome all of them and look forward working with them in the coming years. The 2013-2014 Administrative Council is therefore composed of Kamel Hawwash (President), Xavier Fouger (Vice- President), Antonia Moropoulou (Vice-President), Wim Van Petegem (Past-President), Angela Varadi (Treasurer), Esat Alpay, Enrica Caporali, Erik de Graaff, Pieter de Vries, Tuncay Dogeroglu, Ludo Froyen, Michael Hoffmann, Hannu Matti Jarvinen , Anne-Marie Jolly, Mike Murphy, Ladislav Musilek ,Eskild Holm Nielsen, Carlo Noé, Katrina Nordström, Brynjulf Owren, Jerzy Rutkowski, Luis Manuel Sanchez Ruiz, Jan-Uwe Wolff. The 2013-2014 Bureau will be composed Kamel Hawwash (President), Xavier Fouger (Vice-President), Antonia Moro- poulou (Vice-President), Wim Van Petegem (Past-President), Angela Varadi (Treasurer), Françoise Côme ( Secretary General), Mike Murphy, Martin Vigild, and by invitation as Editor in Chief of the EJEE, Erik de Graaff. We thank all our outgoing members, especially our Past-President Dr Anette Kolmos. Celebrating 40 years of SEFI. In the context of the SEFI 40th Anniversary, different activities took place to underline these 40 years of dedication towards Engineering Education! SEFI Award for the best PHD Thesis in Engineering Education The winner of this First SEFI award for the best PhD in Engineering Education is Dr. Pia Lap- palainen, from Aalto University in Finland for her thesis entitled “Socially Competent Leadership - predictors, impacts and skilling in engineering”. She received her price during the award cere- mony on the 19th of September. It is with emotion and true pleasure that Dr. Lappalainen re- ceived this distinction, considering it as a real milestone in her dedication towards Engineering Education. “40 Years of Leadership and Recognition” During the Annual Conference the “40 Years of Leadership and Recognition” event was organised on 19th September afternoon in the “Salon” of the Dean of Engineering, and including a guided tour at the Arenberg Castle. The event brought together former SEFI Presidents and General Secretaries, SEFI Fellows, Leonardo da Vinci Medal- lists and representatives of the SEFI founding Universities. All the pictures projected during the Award Ceremony will be made available on www.sefi.be. All pictures taken during the conference will be circulated via email among the Conference Participants. 8 / 2013 5 SEFI@40 - anniversary publication In the context of its 40th anniversary celebration, the Administrative Council of SEFI decided that a commemorative book be produced to highlight the achievements of our Society