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IACEE Vice
President�s Corner
November 2006
IACEE, present at IFEES constitution
The International Association for Continuing Engineering Education (IACEE)
attended the 5th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education held last
October in Rio de Janeiro, presented by the American Society for
Engineering Education (ASEE) with the assistance of ABENGE, the
Brazilian Society for Engineering Education.
The
American Society for Engineering (ASEE) began its Annual Colloquium in
Berlin, in collaboration with the European Society for Engineering
Education (SEFI) and the Technical University of Berlin (TUB). The 2003
Colloquium was held in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, in conjunction with
the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO). During
September 2004, the international collaboration continued in Beijing
with the Colloquium co-sponsorship by the Chinese Academy of Engineering
(CAE), the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Tsinghau
University. Sidney, Australia, hosted the fourth Colloquium, which was
co-sponsored by the Australian Association for Engineering Education.
On
October 9th, the day before the opening session of the 5th Colloquium,
the official inaugural meeting of the International Federation of
Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) was held. Presidents and
directors of 35 engineering education societies worldwide voted the
adoption of bylaws, elected officers, and discussed future activities of
the new Society.
In
its First General Assembly, the IFEES founding members appointed the
Executive Committee originally foreseen for 10 members. However, as the
election of two candidates ended on a tie, the Assembly agreed to
appoint an 11-member Executive Committee integrated by:
1.
Mervin Jones, President of the International Association for Continuing
Engineering Education (IACEE), Imperial College, UK.
2. Kawang Sun Kim, International Division Director, Korean Society of
Engineering Education (KSEE), South Korea.
3. Norbert Kraker, President of the International Society for
Engineering Education, (IGIP), Austria.
4. Qing Lei, Secretary General, Chinese Society for Engineering
Education, China.
5. Maria Lorrando-Petrie, representative of the Latin American and
Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (LACCEI), Boca Raton,
USA.
6. Sipho Madonsela, President, the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA).
7. James Melsa, President Elect, the American Society for Engineering
Education (ASEE), USA.
8. Lueny Morell, Director of University Relations for Latin America, HP,
Puerto Rico.
9. Javier Paez Saavedra, President of the Ibero-American Association for
Engineering Education (ASIBEI) and President of the Columbian
Association of Engineering Deans (ACOFI), Colombia.
10. Yurin Pocholkov, Rector of the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU)
and President of the Russian Association for Engineering Education,
Russia.
11. Nitte Ramananda Shetty, President, Indian Society for Technical
Education, India.
The
appointment of our President, Mervyn E. Jones, acknowledged the
importance and labor of IACEE.
Shortly after, at the first meeting of the Executive Committee,
Professor Claudio Borri, presently President of SEFI, was elected
President of IFEES. Four vice-presidents were also appointed to
represent the main regions of the world:
1.
Norbert Kraker, IGIP, Europe
2. Sipho Madonsela, ECSA South Africa
3. Javier Paez,ASIBEI, Latin America
4. Nitte Ramananda Shetty, ISTE, Asia
Frank
Huband, IACEE's Secretary General, was appointed IFEES Secretary
General.
IFEES�s mission is fostering collaboration and learning among the
world�s engineering-education societies. This will require participating
organizations to share with one another not only the sorts of issues and
problems each is grappling with, but possible solutions. The creation of
a global marketplace of �best practices� �under the auspices of IFEES�
will enable members not only jointly address engineering-education
challenges worldwide, but to strengthen their organizations and their
capacity to support faculty and students. The efforts of the Executive
Committee will encourage and improve engineering education and promote
student enrollment worldwide; however, in order to attain the goals
undertaken by IFEES, its projects must be publicized in every school,
and every student of our field must become familiar with the scope and
objectives of IFEES.
Gerardo Ferrando Bravo
IACEE First Vice President
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