Volume 1, Issue 1

Third IFEES Global Excellence in E.E. and

IFEES Presidents Awards
Newsletter Date
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
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The Global Bulletin of
Engineering Education

Highlights of this Issue:
IFEES Award recipients, profiles
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Engineering for Sustainable World
3
IGIP Annual Conference
3
European Society For EE (SEFI)
4
SIEMENS Products & Technology
5
The South African Society for E.E.
6
Hewlett Packard at WEEF, 2012
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Airbus New Assembly Line in US
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SPEED briefing
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IIDEA workshops
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ISTEC Focus on its core initiatives
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On July 20, 2012, the IFEES Execu-
tive Committee, under the recom-
mendation of the Award Commit-
tee, unanimously chose Professor
Bopaya Bidanda, from the Universi-
ty of Pittsburgh, to receive this
years Award on Global Excellence
in Engineering Education, spon-
sored by three corporations, Das-
sault Systmes, Hewlett Packard
and Infosys. For the first time, the
IFEES president, Krishna Vedula,
will also honor two global engineer-
ing educators, Professor Claudio
Borri, ("Global Visionary" Award)
from the University of Florence,
Italy and Professor Yu Shouwen
("Pioneering National Leader"
Award) from Tsinghua University,
China. Both IFEES Awards are
sponsored by Siemens and IUCEE.
We want to express our gratitude
and acknowledge the work under-
taken by this years IFEES Award.
Photo of Prof. Bopaya Bidanda
Committee, co-chaired by Tan
Moorthy and Doug Gorham. This
Committee, which represented most
regions of the world, included also
Euan Lindsay, Michael Auer, Ashley
Ater Kranov, Rachel Schroeder and
Gordon Griffith. We highly appreci-
ate the work of several IFEES lead-
ers who worked diligently in identi-
fying and preparing the supportive
credentials for all the nominees pre-
sented to the Award Committee.
In the evening of October 15th, on
the mark of WEEF, 2012 in Buenos
Aires, there will be an IFEES/GEDC
Awards Reception where three out-
standing global engineering educa-
tors will be honored.
(http://www.weef2012.edu.ar/home1.php)
Prof. Bopaya Bidanda
Has provided a great contribution in
Internationalizing Engineering Edu-
cation through his efforts especially
the Semester at Sea program
aimed at providing international ex-
perience for every undergraduate
engineering student. In addition,
Bidanda has also participated in
train the trainer workshops, help-
ing to enhance faculty competencies.
His focus on students skills has
helped the latter have an advantage
over others to increase their chances
for employment. Prof. Bidanda has
also shaped a program in his depart-
ment for the systematic recruitment
of Ph.D. students who would like to
pursue a faculty position upon grad-
uation, which has secured tenure
track positions for the
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graduates from the University of
Pittsburgh at Worldwide univer-
sities including the Middle East
Technical University, Kuwait
University, Jordan University of
Science and Technology, Uni-
versity of Waterloo in Canada,
and prominent universities in
the United States. Prof. Bi-
dandas personal involvement to
inspire faculty and students,
highly distinguishes him from
his colleagues. His work has
been done thanks to his high
individual motivations and sur-
prisingly with little organiza-
tional infrastructure. (http://
www.pitt.edu/~bidanda/)
Prof. Claudio Borri
is the professor of Computation-
al Mechanics of Structures, Uni-
versity of Florence (Italy),
President of SEFI (2005-07),
and the Founding President of
IFEES (2006-08), Vice-Dean
for International Relations and
Vice-President of the Interuni-
versity Research Centre on
Building & Environmental Aer-
odynamics. He is author or co-
author of over 120 scientific
publications and editor of three
books. Prof. Borri has received
the M. Plank Research
Award, 1994, in Structural
Mechanics by the M. Plank/A.
von Humbold, founded in Ger-
many, and in 2001 has received
an Honorary Doctorate Degree
in Engineering Sciences by the
University of Architecture, Civil
Engineering & Geodesy
(UACEG) of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Prof. Borri has been President
and Legal Representative of E4
Thematic Network and is pres-
ently President and Legal Repre-
sentative of TREE Thematic
Network. Presently, Prof. Borri
is also President of the EUR-
ACE Implementation Project
(2006-2008) within Socrates II.
Prof. Yu Shou Wen, is a Profes-
sor of Engineering Mechanics at
Tsinghua University, Beijing,
P.R. China, and a member of the
Education Committee of Chinese
Academy of Engineering, Depu-
ty Director of Chinese Experts
Committee of Engineering Edu-
cation Accreditation. He is Vice-
President of International Con-
gress on Fracture (ICF11,2001-
2005), ICF Honor fellow, Vice
President of Society of Higher
Education of China.

He is also Vice-President and
Dean of Graduate School of
Tsinghua University (1992-
1999). Prof. Yu coauthored six
books and published 410 scien-
tific and technical papers, about
50 papers in the field of Engi-
neering Education. He was
awarded two National Natural
Science Awards of China.

Professor Shou Wen has been
Vice President of International
Federation of Engineering Edu-
cation Societies since 2008 until
presently.
Prof. Wen has worked in the
field of fracture mechanics and
nano/micro/meso mechanics
in last several decades. He
worked










at the Institute of Mechanics,
Technische Hochschule
Darmstadt, Germany in 1985-
1987 as a Visiting Research
Fellow under an Alexander
von Humboldt Fellowship.
He was the Editor-in-Chief of
Acta Mechanica Solida Sini-
ca from 2000-2007.
Prof. Shou Wen is Editorial
Member/Advisor of the Edi-
torial Board at 3 International
Journals.




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Third IFEES Global Award for Excellence in
Engineering Education; and IFEES presidents
award; Profiles of Award Recipients

T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g
...Prof. Yu Shou
Wen, is a Professor of
Tsinghua University,
Beijing , and a
member of Education
Committee of
Chinese Academy of
Engineering
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On August 1st, 2012 the En-
gineers for a Sustainable
World (ESW), the North-
western University chapter
hosted successfully the annu-
al Northwestern University
Summit On Sustainability
(NUSOS), a conference that
calls on students, community
members, and sustainability
leaders to think critically
about their work while build-
ing a community to advance
social justice and sustainabil-
ity strategies. The theme for
this year's conference was:
Public Health and the Envi-
ronment. NUSOS brought
together over 200 students,
speakers and Chicago area
leaders to explore pressing
sustainability and social jus-
tice issues. The Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
chapter of ESW has partnered
with To Love a Child in order
to successfully design and
construct a bedroom for an
orphanage in Rantlamouaie,
Haiti using a recycled ship-
ping container.
The room provides secure
living quarters, shelter, venti-
lation, and reliable electricity
using solar panels for 11 or-
phans and their caretakers.
The finished orphanage is
both sustainable and portable.
RPI ESW students traveled to
Haiti to install the bedroom
themselves. On October 19-
21, the UC San Diego chapter
will host the annual ESW
National Conference. This
years topic is "What's Our
Legacy? Realizing a Sustain-
able Future". More details on
ESW may be found on:
http://www.eswusa.org and
the National Conference web-
site: (http:// www.eswnc2012.com/
index.html.)

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Engineers for Sustainable World
hosted a Summit on sustainability

Among Guests of the IGIP
2012 Conference are: the
Secretary General of IFEES,
the President of IEEE Educa-
tion Society, the Vice-
President of ASEE, the Vice-
President of LACCEI, the
President of the International
Association of Online Engi-
neering (IAOE), the President
of the International
E-Learning Association
(IELA), and the Secretary
General of the Distance and
E-Learning Network
(EDEN).
IGIP will award the "Nikola
Tesla Chain Award" and the
"Adolf-Melezinek-
Meritorious-Award," to the
selected candidates.
The conference will provide
an international environment
and more than 300 partici-
pants from 52 countries have
already registered.
( http://www.igip-online.net/)
The International Society for
Engineering Education (IGIP)
will be hosting an interdiscipli-
nary conference with an em-
phasis on the exchange of rele-
vant trends and research results
as well as the presentation of
practical experiences in Engi-
neering Instruction and Educa-
tion. This year the program
committee received nearly 400
submissions and from those
approximately 200 were ac-
cepted to be part of the confer-
ence program.

This year the
program committee
received nearly 400
submissions and from
those approximately
200 were accepted to
be part of the
conference program.
IGIP Annual Conference in September 2012
On September 23 26
The European Society for
Engineering Education
(SEFI) will hold its 40th An-
nual Conference which will
focus on the primary topic of
Engineering Education
2020: Meet the future. This
conference will be hosted by
the Aristotle University and
are expected to participate
over three hundred delegates.
The SEFI 40th Conference
will commence in the Con-
ference Centre of Thessaloni-
ki.
Please visit www.sefi2012.com
for any further details on the
program and list of partici-
pants.

In Summer 2012, SEFI Head-
quarters in Brussels have
developed the new IFEES
web site which was launched
in late August. In Addition
to IFEES web maintenance,
SEFI is deeply involved in
leadership roles of the newly
founded European Engineer-
ing Deans Council (EEDC)
which held its first general
assembly in Florence, Italy,
on September, 13
(www.eedcouncil.eu).
This actions are complemen-
tary to the European Engi-
neering Deans Convention
that SEFI will organize at the
University of Aalborg in
spring 2013.
Not to be forgotten also, the
SEFIs involvement into
IIDEA (International Institute
for the Development of Engi-
neering Academics), an insti-
tute created by SEFI and
IFEES in 2011
(www.iideainstitute.org).
The 2012 Faculty Leader-
ship Institutes (FLIs) have
arranged many meetings, this
past summer with 24 FLIs
confirmed at various host
colleges located all over In-
dia. More details at IUCEE
portal http://iucee.org/iucee/
dex.php
(TU Munich) is a compelling
example of how that universi-
ty is using Model-Based De-
sign to help accelerate the
pace of learning and innova-
tion by students, preparing
them for careers in engineer-
ing and science.
MathWorks is the leading
developer of mathematical
computing software. Engi-
neers and scientists world-
wide rely on its products to
accelerate the pace of discov-
ery, innovation, and develop-
ment.
At MathWorks, we have been
working to connect our
MATLAB and Simulink soft-
ware to popular hardware that
can be used for hands-on,
problem/project-based learn-
ing in academia. For instance,
with our R2012a released
earlier this year, we specifi-
cally enhanced our Simulink
product (which is included
with our Student Version) to
enable students to experiment
with particularly affordable
hardware devices such as
Arduino, LEGO NXT
MINDSTORMS, and Beagle-
Board. Our recently pub-
lished story about the Tech-
nische Universitt Mnchen
Products
MATLAB, the language of
technical computing, is a
programming environment
for algorithm development,
data analysis, visualization,
and numeric computation.
Simulink is a graphical
environment for simulation
and Model-Based Design of
multi-domain dynamic and
embedded systems. The com-
pany produces nearly 100
additional products for spe-
cialized tasks such as data
analysis and image pro-
cessing. For further infor-
mation please visit: (http://
www.mathworks.com/
company/aboutus/ )
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European Society for Engineering Education
(SEFI), will host its 40th Annual Conference
Mathworks: Helping schools accelerate the pace
of student learning and innovation
T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g
Engineering
Education 2020: Meet
the future. This
conference will be
hosted by the Aristotle
University and are
expected to participate
over three hundred
delegates.
MathWorks is the
leading developer of
mathematical
computing software.
Engineers and
scientists worldwide
rely on its products to
accelerate the pace of
discovery, innovation,
and development.
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Siemens AG Products:
Siemens offers a wide range of
electrical engineering - and
electronics-related products and
services. Its products can be
broadly divided into the follow-
ing categories: buildings-
related products; drives, auto-
mation and industrial plant-
related products; energy-related
products; lighting; medical
products; and transportation
and logistics-related products.
Healthcare:
Siemens' medical products in-
clude clinical information tech-
nology systems; hearing instru-
ments; in-vitro diagnostics
equipment; imaging equipment
including angiography, com-
puted tomography, fluorosco-
py, magnetic resonance, mam-
mography, molecular imaging
ultrasound, and x-ray equip-
ment; and radiation oncology
and particle therapy equipment.
Infrastructure & Cities:
Siemens' buildings-related
products include building auto-
mation equipment and systems;
building operations equipment
and systems; building safety
equipment and systems; build-
ing security equipment and
systems; and low-voltage
switchgear including circuit
protection and distribution
products.
Siemens' transportation and
logistics-related products in-
clude equipment and systems
for rail transportation including
rail vehicles for mass transit,
regional and long-distance
transportation, locomotives,
equipment and systems for rail
electrification, central control
systems, interlockings, and
automated train controls; equip-
ment and systems for road traf-
fic including traffic detection,
information and guidance;
equipment and systems for air-
port logistics including cargo
tracking and baggage handling;
and equipment and systems for
postal automation including
letter parcel sorting.
Industry: Siemens' drives, auto-
mation and industrial plant-
related products include motors
and drives for conveyor belts;
pumps and compressors; heavy
duty motors and drives for roll-
ing steel mills; compressors for
oil and gas pipelines; mechani-
cal components including gears
for wind turbines and cement
mills; automation equipment
and systems and controls for
production machinery and ma-
chine tools; and industrial plant
for water processing and raw
material processing.
Energy: Siemens' energy-
related products include gas
and steam turbines; generators;
compressors; on- and offshore
wind turbines; high-voltage
transmission products; power
transformers; high-voltage
switching products and sys-
tems; alternating and direct
current transmission systems;
medium-voltage components
and systems; and power auto-
mation ING products including
incandescent, halogen, compact
fluorescent, fluorescent, high-
intensity discharge and Xenon
lamps; opto-electronic semi-
conductor light sources such as
light emitting diodes (LEDs),
organic LEDs, high power laser
diodes, LED systems and LED
luminaires; electronic equip-
ment including electronic bal-
lasts; lighting control and man-
agement systems; and related
precision components.
Siemens PLM Software:
a business unit of the Siemens
Industry Automation Division,
is a leading global provider of
product lifecycle management
(PLM) software and services
with 7 million licensed seats
and more than 71,000 custom-
ers worldwide. Headquartered
in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM
Software works collaboratively
with companies, delivering
open solutions to help them
make smarter decisions that
result in better products. For
more information on Siemens
PLM Software products and
services, visit
(www.siemens.com/plm)
Another priority of the energy
division is to supply products
and solutions for production,
transport and processing of
primary fossil fuels. Thereby,
through the increased efficien-
cy of fossil fueled power
plants, Siemens AG supports
the CO2 balance. Finally, Sie-
mens also specializes in power
transmission, wind power, and
solar and hydroelectric energy.
Siemens finds solutions
through technology-based ser-
vice to their customers to high
cost pressure in the manufac-
turing and process industry,
rising energy prices, and strin-
gent environmental regula-
tions. Drive technologies en-
sure customers high produc-
tivity, industrial software help
to optimize customers entire
production chain, and metal
technologies provide service
for metallurgical plants from
the raw materials to the fin-
ished products. All these solu-
tions are relevant for the effi-
ciency and productivity of Sie-
mens clients.
About Siemens Industry Auto-
mation Division (Nuremberg,
Germany): supports the entire
value chain of its industrial
customers from product de-
sign to production and services
with an unmatched combina-
tion of automation technology,
industrial control technology,
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Siemens Products and Technological Marvels
(http://
www.sea.siemens.co
m/us/products/Pages/
Products.aspx)
and industrial software.
With its software solutions,
the Division can shorten
the time-to-market of new
products by up to 50 per-
cent. Industry Automation
comprises five Business
Units: Industrial Automa-
tion Systems, Control
Components and Systems
Engineering, Sensors and
Communications, Siemens
PLM Software, and Water
Technologies. For more
information, visit
www.siemens.com/
industryautomation.
Siemens PLM Softwares
Global Opportunities in
PLM (GO PLM initia-
tive) leads the industry in
the commercial value of the
in-kind grants it provides
and brings together four
complementary community
involvement programs fo-
cused on academic partner-
ship, regional productivity,
youth and displaced worker
development and the PACE
(Partners for the Advance-
ment of Collaborative En-
gineering Education) pro-
gram. GO PLM provides
PLM technology to more
than one million students
yearly at more than 11,000
global institutions, where it
is used at every academic
level from grade schools
to graduate engineering
research programs. For
more information on GO
PLM and the partners and
programs it supports visit
www.siemens.com//goplm.

The South African Society for En-
gineering Education (SASEE) was
founded at its inaugural meeting on
27 August 2010, Bruma, Gauteng.
The constitution of the society was
adopted by its members at the first
biennial general meeting on 12
August 2011 at Stellenbosch.
SASEE is a voluntary association,
governed by the Board and its
members. SASEE defines engineer-
ing education as the activity of
teaching and learning engineering
and technology, at all educational
levels. The goal of engineering
education is to prepare people to
practice engineering as a profes-
sion, to spread technological
literacy, and to increase student
interest in technical careers through
science and math education and
hands-on learning. The mission of
SASEE is to foster excellence and
innovation in engineering educa-
tion. This mission is accomplished
by:
a) exercising leadership in the field
of engineering education in South
Africa and beyond; b) promoting
excellence in teaching and learning,
research, engagement at universi-
ties and practice in the world of
work; c) fostering the public un-
derstanding of technology in South
Africa, and d) providing regular
forums for discussion and opinion
sharing, networking and dissemi-
nating engineering education infor-
mation. SASEE brings together
people in South Africa and beyond
who have an interest in engineering
education which include engineer-
ing academics and educators at
higher and further education insti-
tutions, academics from other disci-
plines who teach engineering stu-
dents, engineering professional
support staff, engineering li-
brarians, professional engineers,
certified engineers, engineering
technologists, engineering techni-
cians and industry.
The objectives of SASEE are to:
a) advance engineering education in
theory and in practice, and to pro-
mote research in the field of engi-
neering education; b) encourage lo-
cal, national and international collab-
oration through hosting forums in
the field of engineering education;
c) promote strategies to improve
success of engineering students;
d) promote the development of en-
gineering curricula in South Africa
by aligning them with national needs
and international trends; e) promote
the development and use of new
teaching methodologies and meas-
urement of teaching effectiveness;







f) promote cooperation with the
Engineering Council of South Africa
and professional engineering related
societies in South Africa;
g) promote the development of a
database on all aspects of engineer-
ing education within South Africa,
and h) promote the understanding
of technology in society as the appli-
cation of knowledge, design, and
produce the development and use of
objects, systems, and processes to
satisfy societal needs.
Membership is open to anyone with
a keen interest in engineering educa-
tion. The categories of membership
include Individual membership; Cor-
porate membership for organizations
and Institutional membership for

educational institutions. The
first SASEE Biennial Confer-
ence was held on 10-12 Au-
gust 2011 at Stellenbosch
where more than 100 delegates
attended, including interna-
tional delegates. Keynote
speakers included Prof Karl
Smith from Purdue University
in the U.S., Prof Jonathan Jan-
sen, Vice-Chancellor of the
UOFS, and Mr. Clem Sunter,
of Anglo American back-
ground. 51 papers were pre-
sented and three workshops
were held. The next SASEE
Workshop on HEQF and Cur-
ricula Design has taken place
on 7-8 June 2012 at the Blue-
waters Hotel, Durban. The
Second Biennial SASEE Con-
ference is scheduled for June
2013 at Potchefstroom.

For more information please
visit SASEE web site at
www.sasee.org.za. Alterna-
tively, you are welcome to
contact the SASEE General
Secretary at: info@sasee.org.za
(http://www.sasee.org.za/)

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The South African Society for Engineering Education
playing an active role in South Africa
T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g


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On Tuesday October 16th,
2012 at 2:30 4:00 pm,
Room A, HP facilitators
Claudia Lisete and Oliveira
Groenwald are arranging the
session of Teaching Mathe-
matics Effectively with Ad-
vanced Calculators
Scientific and graphing cal-
culators are standard tools for
engineering students. This
workshop explores research
on teaching effectively with
advanced calculators. Dr.
Claudia Lizette Oliveira
Groenwold, Director of the
Graduate Program for Mathe-
matics Teaching at ULBRA
University in Brazil will
share her insights and body
of research on enhancing
student engagement and com-
prehension in high level-
mathematics and engineering
courses.
On Wednesday October 17th;
at 9:00-10:30 am, Room A
The HP Institute under the
leadership of Brian Beneda
and Daniel Amato, will be
developing projects with uni-
versities to develop what
would be tomorrows IT
workforce.

HP has spent 3 years re-
searching the evolving needs
of business and industry and
has gained important insights
into how to close the skill gap
and provide immediate em-
ployment opportunities for
students.




Brian Beneda, Global Director
of HP Institute, and Daniel
Amato, Certiport Regional
Manager - Mercosur & Per,
will share HPs research and
introduce a new education
program developed by HP that
can help universities provide a
business context and the prac-
tical skills to develop the fu-
ture IT workforce without
ever leaving their classrooms.
Daniel Amato serves as Certi-
port Regional Manager in the
Southern Cone of Latin
America. Certiport is a lead-
ing company in the education
and certification market and is
the HP partner to deploy the
HP Institute worldwide. Ama-
to has been working for Certi-
port for more than 2 year.
Prior to Certiport he was the
Latin America Director for
SCO a Unix software compa-
ny. Amato has been working
in the IT industry for the last
25 years, he holds a Bachelor
of Science in IT from the John
F. Kennedy University.
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HEWLETT PACKARD PROGRAM
AT WEEF, 2012
The 5th Asia-Pacific
Conference on Engi-
neering & Technology
Education (APCETE)

the Association of Taiwan Engi-
neering Education and Manage-
ment (ATEEM) at the National
Taiwan Normal University in
Taipei, Taiwan, will hold the 5th
Asia-Pacific Conference on Engi-
neering & Technology Education
(APCETE) from October 29 to
November 2, 2012.
This conference will promote the
development of research in Engi-
neering Education and Manage-
ment and facilitate international
exchanges and collaboration in
Asia-Pacific region. The Interna-
tional Federal of Engineering Ed-
ucation Societies (IFEES) will be
one of the organizers of this con-
ference. The deadline for submis-
sion of full papers was July 31,
2012. For Further information
please visit the following web
site:
http://www.ateem.org.tw/apcete2012/defa
ult.php



For the past three years, the
American Society for Engi-
neering Education (ASEE),
Corporate Member Councils
Special Interest Group for
International Engineering
Education and IFEES devel-
oped, presented, and vetted
with its stakeholders a series
of attributes representing the
desired competencies and
characteristics needed by
engineers in order to effec-
tively live and work in a
global context. A global
online survey in 13 languages
was launched to validate the
performance and proficiency
levels of each attribute, in-
cluding the stages at which
attributes were essential to
the preparation, performance,
and employability of global
engineers. On October 18th,
under the mark of WEEF, in
Buenos Aires the ASEE
event will describe the stake-
holders driven process to
identify attributes of a global
engineer; present a summary
of key recent findings; high-
light the recommendations
and implications of how re-
search results should be used
to enhance engineering edu-
cation; and engage partici-
pants in a focus group discus-
sion to permit additional in-
put and perspectives on The
Attributes of a Global Engi-
neer Project.
(http://www.asee.org/)
Finally, attendees will have
the chance to discuss and
receive feedback on concrete
ways in which they can in-
corporate online learning
tools in their own classrooms.
This workshop is geared to-
wards faculty and instructors
of engineering courses.
This workshop is offered free
to the participants thanks to
the support of a key partici-
pating corporate partner, HP
Calculators. For further infor-
mation Please contact IIDEA
Secretariat EU:
Francoise.come@sefi.be
deboer.jennifer@gmail.com

In mid October, 2012,
Hewlett Packard will lead a
three-hour workshop that will
provide an overview of the
ways in which instructors can
employ new online learning
tools to support student learn-
ing and enhance their teach-
ing. Participants will learn
about the varied types of
online or blended learning
structures and activities, the
research on student behaviors
in online environments and
what works, and the possi-
ble pitfalls of using online/
blended learning. The work-
shop will feature key exam-
ples of programs that facili-
tate online learning.

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Attributes of a Global Engineer Project Focus
Group Event at WEEF, Argentina
Strategies for Facilitating Online
Learning in Engineering Courses

...This three-hour
workshop will pro-
vide an overview
of the ways in
which instructors
can employ new
online learning
tools to support
student learning
and enhance their
teaching
T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g
...A global online
survey was launched
to validate the
performance and
proficiency levels of
each attribute...
and employability of
global engineers...
V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
Within the framework of
academic activities that ASI-
BEI organizes each semester,
on March 22, in San Andrs
Island, Colombia an academ-
ic session took place to dis-
cuss the topic of competen-
cies with the attendance of
delegates from Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cos-
ta Rica, Ecuador, Peru. Portu-
gal. This activity was initiat-
ed with a keynote address by
Professor Vicente Albniz, a
member of the Advisory
Committee of ASIBEI and a
Faculty member of the Co-
lombian School of Engineer-
ing. Afterwards, a panel with
the participation of Prof.
Daniel Morano (CONFEDI)
and Ramon Blasco (Ministry
of Education of Argentina;
Dean of Engineering at the
University of Santiago de
Chile and presently the Presi-
dent of ASIBEI; Professor
Vicente Albeniz; Eng. Jaime
Salazar Contreras, from Co-
lombia and the Moderator of
the Panel who is Executive
Secretary of ASIBEI and
Titular Professor of the Na-
tional University of Colom-
bia.
For some skilled analysis of
education, competencies are a
way of understanding educa-
tion. In principle, competen-
cies are neither good nor bad.
We could say about compe-
tencies what Mario Bunge
says about Science; that they
are essentially neutral. Their
appraisal depends of the ori-
entation they are given. It is
not the same if competencies
are thought only in terms of
the labor market, or if they
are conceived for the creation
of knowledge, or for the edu-
cation of an individual as an
integral person. It does not
seem to be enough to consid-
er the process of education by
competencies, since then,
they are considered only by
their instrumental value. The
debate about competencies is
not only technical in nature;
it is an ideological debate
which hinges upon the con-
cepts of the human being, of
society and that of education
itself.
(http://www.efta.oas.org/)

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Blended Learning in Engineering Education
Ibero-American Society for Engineering Education
(ASIBEI) Academic Activities
teaching method enables
instructors to have more
time to work directly
with students, because
lectures and grading
would be automated.
According to the U.S.
Department of Education
(2009), students in fully
online and blended cours-
es tend to perform better
than students in face-to-
face courses, therefore
students in blended
courses perform better.
However, online classes
require more study time
due to more interactive
material and additional
opportunities for collabo-
ration. For instance,
blogs, discussion boards,
reflections, and writings
to learn
Due to new innovations
and evolutions in technol-
ogy, online learning is
becoming more attractive
to universities and stu-
dents. Online education
enables students to be
taught by world-class pro-
fessors, to learn at their
own pace, test their
knowledge, and reinforce
concepts through interac-
tive exercises. Research
studies reveal that online
learning, and in particular
blended learning, can re-
sult in significantly better
student learning compared
to the learning process in
the conventional class-
room. In fact, blended
learning is taught in per-
son as well as online. This
strategies are the main com-
ponents that contribute to a
more effective learning ex-
perience.

Schools like Princeton,
Stanford, MIT, the Universi-
ty of Michigan, and the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania all
recognize the importance of
this new teaching method
and therefore, offer several
online courses with a mind-
set to expand this system in
the future. Thus, the so
called democratizing edu-
cation system has much
room for improvement, but
is believed to have the po-
tential to change the world
of education.
...For some skilled
analysis of education,
competencies are a
way of understanding
education. We could
say about
competencies what
Mario Bunge says
about Science; that
they are essentially
neutral.
Cypress University Alli-
ance, started the summer
in San Antonio at the inau-
gural ASEE International
Forum followed by the
annual ASEE conference.
The international forum in
particular was a great
place to learn about educa-
tion issues in other coun-
tries.
In July was prepared the
FIRST Robotics supplier
summit to discuss ways and
means of improving upon the
annual (now in its 22nd year),
FIRST Robotics
Competition over 2,500
high school teams participate
in this event each year.
(www.usfirst.org)
CUA ended the summer by
attending the inaugural Teach-
ing, Assessment and Learning
in Engineering Education
(TALE 2012) conference in
Hong Kong and had an excel-
lent PSoC Workshop with 48
attendees from 12 countries
and 28 different institutions.
Cypress University Alliance
is looking forward to contin-
ue the discussions and mak-
ing plans for improving Engi-
neering Education on a world
-wide basis at WEEF in Bue-
nos Aries in October 15-18,
2012.
(http://www.cypress.com/?
id=1163)
will contribute to disseminate
valuable knowledge on engi-
neering and technology on
developing national and in-
ternational mega-projects.
To introduce efficient and
effective integration practices
as well as innovation when
particularly large engineering
projects are being considered.
Promote cooperation and
collaboration among mem-
bers of the institutions in are-
as of engineering education,
research and technological
advances focused on larger
projects
Address issues expected to
have positive impact on engi-
neers, educators and students
in the region, when establish-
ing a community to work for
the engineers education on
the Americas.
In July 23 - 27, 2012, was
held the 10th International
Conference of LACCEI in
Panama City, Republic of
Panama, under the topic
Megaprojects. The event
was be hosted by the Univer-
sidad Tecnolgica de Pana-
m (Panama University of
Technology).
The meeting focused on dis-
cussions addressing topics
related to Megaprojects:
building infrastructure by
fostering engineering collab-
oration, efficient and effec-
tive integration and innova-
tive planning. The objectives
of the event are:
To facilitate the discussion of
issues related to engineering
problems and best practices
in large infrastructure pro-
jects. Fostering collabora-
tion among engineers which
The Conference was an inter-
national forum to exchange
ideas, to present best practic-
es, discuss on future direc-
tions in international collabo-
ration, establish dialogues on
research agendas, and pro-
vide instruction and a training
springboard to engineering
professors with basic instruc-
tion on these topics. The par-
ticipating faculty and stu-
dents will address and define
experiences that could be
implemented in their own
working environment, while
interacting with other faculty,
research personnel and stu-
dents from various countries
to share experiences and to
encourage the formation of
partnerships to collaborate on
projects of mutual interest.
(http://www.laccei.org/)
Continued on page 11
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Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of
Engineering Institutions (LACCEI) Symposium on
Software Architecture and Patterns
Cypress University Alliance (CUA),
Engineering Education Activities
N e w s l e t t e r T i t l e
...Every year
since 2003,
the Latin
American and
Caribbean
Consortium
of
Engineering
Institutions,
LACCEI, has
organized an
Annual
Conference to
integrate the
Americas

V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
Continued from page 10
LACCEI is aimed at a wide
variety of engineering profes-
sionals and students, academ-
ics and researchers, profes-
sionals and engineers.
Every year since 2003, the
Latin American and Caribbe-
an Consortium of Engineer-
ing Institutions, LACCEI, has
organized an Annual Confer-
ence to integrate the Ameri-
cas. Papers are accepted in
English, Spanish, Portuguese
and French as an effort to
include the nations of all the
hemisphere.
The mission of LACCEI is to
be the leading organization of
Latin American and Caribbe-
an Engineering Institutions
that will further bring innova-
tions in engineering educa-
tion and research, and emerge
as a power house to foster
partnerships among academ-
ia, industry, government and
private organizations for the
benefit of the society and the
world.
This organization has served
as a vehicle to establish ini-
tial contacts and exploration
of new ideas.
(http://www.laccei.org/)

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USC Viterbi Launches Global Teaching Alliance
International Symposium on Software Architecture
and Patterns

our commitment to training
our undergraduates to flour-
ish in an interconnected
world by bringing them to-
gether with students overseas
in a virtual classroom that
encourages collaborative
discussion and projects. Prov-
ost Garrett said that: The
alliance also allows USC to
play a leading role in promot-
ing mutual understanding
among nations, for example,
bringing into the same class-
room the top students from
along the Pacific Rim and
involving universities from
all continents. The alli-
ances charter members in-
clude USC; Peking Universi-
ty (PKU) in Beijing, China;
National Taiwan University
(NTU) in Taipei, Taiwan;
Technion Israel Institute of
Technology in Haifa, Israel;
the Korea Advanced Institute
of Science and Technology in
Daejeon, South Korea; the
RWTH Aachen University in
Aachen, Germany; and the
Indian Institute of Technolo-
gy, Bombay in Mumbai, In-
dia. Additional university
partners are also currently
under consideration. USC
Viterbi Dean Yannis C. Yort-
sos described the iPodia Alli-
ance as a new paradigm that
leverages communication
technologies to provide a
truly global educational op-
portunity to its member uni-
versities. Professor Stephen
Lu, iPodia founder and pro-
gram director, said: The
iPodia model demonstrates
our belief that what students
learn depends on with whom
they learn, that context can-
not be taught but is learned
by students and that cultural
diversity can inspire global
innovation. Throughout
each semester of the course,
iPodia students enjoyed joint
classroom instruction, shared
coursework, connected
through social media and
participated in live discussion
through synchronous video
conferencing. The most re-
cent class culminated with
USC and PKU students join-
ing classmates at the NTU
campus in Taipei for three
weeks to complete and
On July 9th, The University
of Southern California (USC)
Viterbi School of Engineer-
ing launched the Global
Teaching Alliance, which
unveiled an international
partnership that allows stu-
dents from multiple countries
across the world to simulta-
neously take the same class.
Known as the iPodia Alli-
ance, the partnership creates
a classroom without bor-
ders that enables students
from partner institutions to
interactively take a common
class and learn collaborative-
ly from one another in a real-
time video environment.
According to USC provost
and Senior Vice President for
academic Affairs, Elizabeth
Garrett the USC prepares
students to succeed in our
global society by developing
cutting-edge pedagogical
technology, interdisciplinary
curriculum and unique oppor-
tunities to engage with other
students from around the
world.
The iPodia Alliance, reflects
demonstrate their se-
mester-long innovation
projects. Universities
participating in the iPo-
dia Alliance will collab-
orate on curriculum de-
velopment and share
course delivery across
institutional and physi-
cal boundaries. iPodia
courses focus on emerg-
ing socio-technical sub-
jects of global im-
portance that can benefit
from the provided
unique, borderless set-
ting.
Learning together on
different campuses, stu-
dents can engage in in-
teractive discussions,
group exercises and
team projects to develop
contextual understand-
ing of the subject and,
ultimately, a mutual
understanding across
different cultures.
Katie Dunham
http://viterbi.usc.edu/
In Spring, Summer, Fall of
last year and Spring 2012,
IUCEE Virtual Academy has
successfully completed a
total of 84 Free Webinars
taught by US experts on lat-
est topics in teaching, re-
search and engineering edu-
cation. These have been
viewed LIVE by over 20,000
faculty and students all over
India. During Spring 2012,
the IUCEE Virtual Academy
has successfully piloted 11
Short Term Courses of 10
Webinar Lectures each lec-
tured by US experts. These
were viewed LIVE by 4,487
students and 133 faculty at 39
paying host college locations
all over India.
This Summer Faculty Lead-
ership Institutes (FLIs) are
underway with 24 FLIs con-
firmed to be hosted at vari-
ous colleges in India.
June and July, 2012, have
been very busy for IUCEE.
The demand for membership
in IUCEE College Consorti-
um has increased. IUCEE
currently has 53 members
with another 10 in the pro-
cess of confirming member-
ship. This is good news for
the sustainability of our pro-
grams and organization.
We have successfully con-
cluded 21 workshops under
2012 Faculty Leadership In-
stitutes (FLI) and four more
workshops are being planned.
The plans for 2012-13 Virtual
Academy are being finalized.
We expect to offer more than
120 Individual Webinars and
25 Short Length Courses (10
Webinars each) during Sept.
2012 to April 2013. Most of
these will be limited to IU-
CEE Consortium College
Members.
For Further Information
please visit:
http://iucee.org/iucee/
index.php
link:http:/www.youtube.com/
watch?v=so1jAgf91cQ

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Indo US Collaboration
for Engineering Education (IUCEE) News
Airbus launches a new assembly line
in the United States
In July 2nd, 2012, Airbus
announced that it will es-
tablish a manufacturing
and an assembly plant for
the A320 family of air-
crafts at the Brookley Aer-
oplex in Mobile, Alabama,
United States. It will be
the companys first factory
in the United States which
will deliver a new Airbus
line of production. Airbus
executives emphasized that
U.S. based this assembly
line, will create jobs and
strengthen their worldwide
presence in aerospace in-
dustry and it will enhance
their competitiveness by
meeting the growing needs
of its customers in the
United States and else-
where.
By Summer, 2013, the A 320,
class of aircrafts, Airbus pro-
tg, including A 319, and
A321, will be assembled in
the Alabama based factory.
By 2015 Airbus is scheduled
to make the first Aircraft as-
sembly and in 2016 is set to
make the first deliveries.
According to Airbus Presi-
dent and CEO, Mr. Fabrice
Bregier stated that: The time
is right for Airbus to expand
in America. Bregier added
that the United States is the
largest single-aisle aircraft
market in the world with a
projected need for 4,600 air-
craft over the next 20 years -
and this assembly line brings
us closer to our customers.
T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g
The demand for
membership in IUCEE
College Consortium has
increased. IUCEE
currently has 53
members with another 10
in the process of
confirming membership.
Mr. Fabrice Bregier
stated that: The time
is right for Airbus to
expand in America.
Bregier added that the
United States is the
largest single-aisle
aircraft market in the
world with a
projected need for
4,600 aircraft over the
next 20 years...
Mobile is now becoming part of
Airbus global production net-
work, joining our successful and
growing assembly lines in Ham-
burg, Toulouse and Tianjin.
Alabama Governor Robert Bent-
ley at the inauguration ceremony
had these words to say: When
Airbus aircraft take to the skies,
our pride and workmanship will
soar along with them[we] owe
thanks to so many people who
helped make this effort a success.
This project will create 1,000 sta-
ble, well-paying jobs that the peo-
ple of this area need and deserve.



Continues on Page 13
V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
It was a clear Tuesday morning
over the Atlantic, and we were a
little more than halfway through
a flight from London to Dallas.
After a light meal, I was getting
ready for a short nap when the
captain made a cryptic an-
nouncement that we were begin-
ning our descent and were ex-
pected to land shortly, not in
Dallas, but in Newfoundland,
Canada, because the U.S. had
shut down its airspace!
A wave of apprehension immedi-
ately swept over all of us in the
aircraft. Our minds went into
overdrive in the sudden silence
that engulfed the plane. Since
there wasn't any aircraft mal-
function, a hijack was the only
plausible explanation! But a few
minutes later, the captain reas-
sured us that the change in flight
plan was solely due to the clo-
sure of U.S. airspace. In hind-
sight, that turned out to be
empty reassurance. For the
world would never be the
same after that fateful 11th of
September. As the pilot cir-
cled and landed at the airport
in Gander, Newfoundland,
the dozens of aircraft filling
the runways indicated that
something was definitely
amiss. After spending six
hours on seats that were get-
ting increasingly uncomforta-
ble by the minute, we were
shown a BBC news broadcast
which relayed the horrifying
details of the day's unfolding
events. We spent another six
hours in the aircraft, waiting
for further word from the
Canadian authorities, unsure
of when we would fly out, or
where to.
Later that night, the airport
authorities cancelled all flights
and allowed us to disembark.
We soon realized that our trou-
bles were far from over - 37
aircraft had offloaded passen-
gers in this small town of
10,000, which was now burst-
ing at the seams. How could it
possibly cope? We were bun-
dled into buses and taken to a
nearby church, where we spent
the next two days and nights.
Misfortune has a way of bring-
ing people closer; it took little
time for all the 137 people
from our flight to bond togeth-
er as one big family!... Please
view the link for a full article:
http://www.infosysblogs.com/
infytalk/2012/09/
atti-
tude_makes_organizations_smart.html
#more



Alabama has the
best workforce
youll find any-
where in the U.S.
Airbus has recog-
nized all that this
state can offer
expanding indus-
tries, and the com-
pany is making a
significant new
investment in this
state.

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Airbus New Assembly Line in U.S.
A question of attitude!

aircrafts of the U.S. Coast
Guard. In addition, Airbus op-
erates an Engineering Center in
Wichita, Kansas; an aircraft
Spares Center in Ashburn, Vir-
ginia; a Training Center in Mi-
ami, Florida, and a regulatory
and government liaison office in
Washington, D.C. A Subsidiary
Metron Aviation, a leading pro-
vider of advanced Air Traffic
Management (ATM) products
and services, is based in Dulles,
Virginia. The headquarters of
Airbus Americas are located in
Herndon, Virginia. Altogether,
Currently Airbus facilities is
US territories employ more than
1,000 people. Airbus assembly
line in Mobile will become an
additional value to other compa-
nies such as European Aeronau-
tic Defense and Space Company
(EADS), American Eurocopter
Helicopter manufacturing facto-
ry in Mississippi and Cassidian
Communications in California.
Airbus is the largest export
customer for the U.S. aero-
space industry. Since 1990,
the company has spent $127
billion with U.S. suppliers
only last year spent USD $12
billion.
Airbus partners with hundreds
of US suppliers in more than
40 states, and the companys
expenses in the U.S. support
more than 210,000 American
jobs. Airbus is the leading air-
craft manufacturer with the
most modern and comprehen-
sive family of airliners on the
market, ranging in capacity
from 100 to more than 500
seats. Over 11,500 Airbus air-
crafts have been sold to more
than 470 customers and opera-
tors worldwide and more than
7,200 of these have been deliv-
ered since the company first
entered the market in the early
seventies. Airbus is an EADS
company. http://www.airbus.com/
Continued from Page 12
Alabama has the best work-
force youll find anywhere in
the U.S. Airbus has recognized
all that this state can offer ex-
panding industries, and the
company is making a signifi-
cant new investment in Ala-
bama. Airbus and its parent
company, EADS, have been
great citizens of Alabama for
years now, and we are excited
to build on our wonderful rela-
tionship.
Airbus already has a strong
and growing presence in Ala-
bama and throughout the Unit-
ed States. In Alabama, the
company operates an Engi-
neering Center in Mobile
also located at Brookley Aero-
plex which employees more
than 200 engineers and sup-
port staff as well as an Air-
bus Military customer services
operation in supporting the

The Student Platform for
Engineering has been vigor-
ously preparing for its largest
event yet. The upcoming 8th
Global Student Forum
(www.worldspeed.org/8thgsf)
will feature core activities
from previous forums as well
as new additions to our week-
long program. Action plan
development, our core event,
allows students to improve
current initiatives through
concrete strategic planning.
We will have opportunities
for networking, cultural ac-
tivities, community service,
SPEEDs General Assembly,
paper presentations, and issue
discussions. We will also
have the final featured plena-
ryour Intergenerational
Panelwhere we moderate
student and non-student per-
spectives on the conference
theme. This year, we will
feature technical visits to
local industry partners, a pro-
fessional development work-
shop, and simultaneous EE
workshops on important is-
sues in the field. Key partner
professional organizations
and universities as well as
corporate colleagues are gra-
ciously supporting students
participation, and our strong
local team has made amazing
plans for the hundreds of
student leaders who will be
joining us.
In addition, SPEED is prepar-
ing to expand its leadership
workshop series in India, this
year preparing 5 student
workshops before and after
the Indian Society for Tech-
nical Education (ISTE)s
annual meeting.
This years workshop series
is designed to enhance not
only individual students ca-
pacities, but to build on
ISTEs student chapter struc-
ture and increase ISTEs
reach and impact.
For more information Con-
tact:
david.delaine@worldspeed.org
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SPEED Briefing:
The Student Platform for Engineering


T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g
...We will have
opportunities for
networking, cultural
activities, community
service, SPEEDs General
Assembly, paper
presentations, and issue
discussions
...SPEED is preparing
to expand its
leadership workshop
series in India, this
year preparing 5
student workshops
before and after the
Indian Society for
Technical Education
(ISTE)s annual
meeting

Students complete a hands-on engineering teambuilding activity at a leadership
workshop in Punjab Province, India
V o l u m e 1 , I s s u e 1
The International Institute for
Developing Engineering Aca-
demics (IIDEA) is happy to
report successful growth and
implementation of numerous
workshops in the last six
months. Workshops have
been held in China, India,
Brazil, Mexico, Portugal,
Kenya, Tanzania, and the
United States by multiple
facilitators. In July, the se-
cond multiple-day workshop
series was implemented at
Tsinghua University, facili-
tated by Lueny Morell (HP
Labs), Erik de Graaff
(Aalborg University), Won-
jong Joo (Seoul tech) Eng
Soon Chan (National Univer-
sity of Singapore) and Jim
Tung (Mathworks), with the
participation of Dr. Shouwen
Yu (University of Tsinghua).
In August, the Technological
University of Apizaco hosted
nearly 100 participants for a
two-day workshop on the
Learning Factory model, im-
plemented by Lueny Morell
(HP Labs) and supported by
the National Association of
Faculties and Schools of En-
gineering (ANFEI).
More information on previ-
ous workshops and activities
offered can be found at
www.iideainstitute.org.
IIDEA is also happy to an-
nounce two new workshops
that will take place alongside
the upcoming SEFI and IGIP
meetings in Europe. Leaders
from MITs Teaching and
Learning Laboratory
(web.mit.edu/tll) will facili-
tate one workshop on strate-
gies for online/blended learn-
ing and one workshop on
TLLs flagship teacher certi-
fication program. The coop-
eration between SEFI and
IGIP marks an important
growth for IIDEA in estab-
lishing the tradition of an
IIDEA presence as part of a
series of major global engi-
neering education meetings.
In the major upcoming World
Engineering Education Forum
in Buenos Aires, IIDEA will
host a number of workshops
Problem Based Learning, Ac-
creditation (ABET), Strategic
Planning, and Tablet PCs.
Lueny Morell and Anette Kol-
mos, IIDEA co-founders and
co-directors, will also formally
pass on the directorship and co
-directorship to Jennifer DeBo-
er and Claudio Borri at this
meeting. The international
engineering education commu-
nity and IIDEA have benefited
greatly from the leadership,
vision, and dedication of Lu-
eny and Anette, and IIDEAs
community is grateful they
will continue to offer their
expertise through continued
workshop facilitation.
(http://www.sefi.be/iidea/)


...In the major
upcoming World
Engineering Edu-
cation Forum in
Buenos Aires,
IIDEA will host a
number of work-
shopsProblem
Based Learning,
Accreditation
(ABET), Strategic
Planning, and
Tablet PCs
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The International Institute for Developing
Engineering Academics (IIDEA)
...Workshops have
been held in China,
India, Brazil,
Mexico, Portugal,
Kenya, Tanzania,
and the United
States by multiple
facilitators

IIDEA Workshop 2012, leaders at Tsinghua University,
Beijing, PRC
The Consortium continues to
focus on its core initiatives,
as follows:

R&D: Through generous
donations from Xilinx, FPGA
workshops have been offered
in Bolivia, Mexico, and Pana-
m this year, in the area of
Digital Signal Processing
Applications; Reconfigurable
Computing Electronic Digital
Systems Design; and Rapid
System Prototyping. In addi-
tion, the ISTEC-R&D Initia-
tive participated as co-host in
various international confer-
ences, such as the Nano-Bio
Collaborative International
2012 held in March at Uni-
versity of South Florida.

Liblink (Library Network):
The volume of document
exchange among ISTEC
members continues to experi-
ence considerable growth,
through which 60+ libraries
of member institutions share
bibliographic material free of
any ILL type costs. As of
September 2012, we will also
begin a series of bi monthly
training sessions for all par-
ticipating members, to assist
in maximizing search strate-
gies for the library network
personnel. An international
library symposium is being
co-hosted with 3 other organ-
izations, to take place at the
Universidad del Norte, Bar-
ranquilla, Colombia, Nov. 13
-16, 2012, with such re-
nowned speakers as Alice
Keefer and Alma Swan, on
the topic of open access, digi-
tal preservation, and scien-
tific communication.

ACE (Advanced Continuing
Ed): As of the past 12
months, this Initiative has
hosted the deployment of the
ISTEC-GRANA quality
certification program in Latin
America, which provides a
100% online self-evaluation
tool with the purpose of as-
sisting institutions in estab-
lishing a culture of quality,
continuous improvement, and
internationalization. As of
this date, the program has
certified or is in the process
of certifying various degree
programs at Universidad
Technical Particular de Loja,
Ecuador; Universidad de
Cundinamarca, Colombia;
Universidad Autnoma de
Nuevo Len, Monterrey,
Mxico; and Universidad de
Guadalajara, Mxico. In ad-
dition, 15 professors received
a course in international ac-
creditation at the Universidad
del Valle, Colombia.
While the mission of the IS-
TEC Consortium is STEM
education, the GRA-NA cer-
tification program is inter-
disciplinary and has been
extended to other disciplines,
such as healthcare and com-
munication sciences.

Entrepreneurship/Innovation:
ISTEC is currently working
with the University of New
Mexico in an innovation-
focused project called Inno-
vation Plaza, with the objec-
tive of increasing retention
among first year engineering
students, through a collabora-
tive project with various Al-
buquerque high-schools and
the establishment of an inter-
disciplinary hands-on lab at
UNM. Industry partners in-
clude Quanser, NI, Nano
Professor, etc., and we hope
to extend the program into
Latin America in 2013.
For a calendar of ISTEC
events, please visit: http://
www.istec.org/events/
The Innovation-Plaza:
The idea is to create a pro-
gram that integrates enhanced
curricula and educational out-
reach with an open, globally
connected, interdisciplinary
lab for hands-on experiential
learning and interdisciplinary
collaboration an Innovation
- Plaza. This model forms the
basis for developing and
growing the Innovation-Plaza
into a distributed Global In-
novation-Plaza.
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Ibero-American Science and Technology Consortium
(ISTEC) Continues to Focus on its Core Initiatives
T h e G l o b a l B u l l e t i n o f E n g i n e e r i n g
...While the mission
of the ISTEC
Consortium is STEM
education, the GRANA
certification program
is inter-disciplinary
and has been
extended to other
disciplines, such as
healthcare and
communication
sciences
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Through the Innovation Pla-
za, students from high school
and university under-graduate
and graduate pro-grams have
the opportunity to actively
interact and collaborate with
industry and re-search institu-
tions, and ultimately produce
world-class, functioning pro-
jects as part their Senior De-
sign course. The Innovation-
Plaza trains students to be-
come proficient using the
tools currently employed in
industry and re-search, and
facilitates long-distance and
off-site local and global col-
laboration with connected
satellite laboratories.

The Innovation-Plaza is de-
signed to help bridge the gap
connecting Math, Physics,
Chemistry, and Engineering
at a very early stage by link-
ing theory to real world expe-
rience. Minimizing this gap
early facilitates the learning
process of engineering and
increases the creativity and
innovation of students. Get-
ting undergraduate students
involved at an early stage in
real-world projects and R&D
excites them and gives them
a sense of ownership, in-
creasing retention.

The model being followed
with several ISTEC Industrial
members is the ISTEC-
Motorola model developed
when ISTEC was created in
1990. Jointly, Motorola and
ISTEC developed an action
plan to build laboratories
using the latest technology
throughout the Ibero-
American Region.



This capacity building exer-
cise resulted in the installa-
tion of 172 laboratories in
academic institutions using
Motorolas latest mi-
coprocessor, microcontroller
and DSP technologies.
The initial laboratories were
developed at the UNM-ECE
department and then replicat-
ed through-out the ISTEC
network. Content was devel-
oped by the ISTEC member-
ship in Spanish, Portuguese
and English. From 1992 to
2005, over 600,000 engineer-
ing students have taken hands
-on classes in these laborato-
ries. In addition, in 2000,
Motorola shared their M-
CORE technology with sev-
eral ISTEC academic mem-
bers that were pre-pared to
work in VLSI design. Contin-
uing the close collaboration
between ISTEC and
Motorola, in the year 2000, a
microelectronics / nanotech-
nology design centre was
created in Porto Alegre, Bra-
zil. This center of excellence,
CEITEC, is a joint venture
among the Federal Govern-
ment of Brazil, Motorola,
Free scale (Motorola microe-
lectronics division spinoff)
and local industries, facilitat-
ed by ISTEC.
The Innovation-Plaza is a
collaborative design between
the Ibero- American Science
and Technology Education
Consortium (ISTEC),
Quanser and National Instru-
ments, who are industrial
members of both ISTEC and
the International Federation
of Engineering Education
Societies (IFEES). Other
industrial participants are
Nano-Professor, Silterra,
Xilinx, and Huawei.
(http://www.istec.org)
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...From 1992 to
2005, over 600,000
engineering
students have taken
hands-on classes in
these laboratories.
In addition, in the
year 2000, Motorola
shared their M-
CORE technology
with several ISTEC
academic members
that were prepared
to work in VLSI
design

Suggested Readings:
Bidanda B., Arisoy O., and Shuman L. J.. Offshoring Manufacturing: Implications for
engineering jobs and education: A survey and case study, Robotics and Computer
Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 22., Issue 6, December 2006.
Arisoy O., Azim M. and Bidanda B., Project Management in a Flat World Circa 2025,
Chapter 28 in Project Management Circa 2025, Project Management Institute, No-
vember 2009. (Editors: David Cleland and Bopaya Bidanda).
Bidanda B., & Arisoy, O., Project Management in an Outsourcing Environment, Chap-
ter in The Global Project Management Handbook (2nd Edition), Eds. Cleland D & Ga-
reis R., McGraw Hill, 2006.
Bidanda B., Shuman L.J., Thomes K., & Arisoy O., Adapting Engineering Coursework
for Increased Global Relevance., Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Ameri-
can Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, June 2005.
Richter, Stephen; Germany and China: The New Special Relationship, Thursday,
August 30, 2012 (http://www.theglobalist.com/storyid.aspx?storyid=9734)
John Prout and Stephan Richter: Tackling Too Big To Fail: The Most Important Right-
sizing in U.S. History: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 (http://www.theglobalist.com/
storyid.aspx?storyid=9747)
Srikantan Moorthy; A question of attitude!: http://www.infosysblogs.com/
infytalk/2012/09/attitude_makes_organizations_smart.html#more
http://www.kurzweilai.net/new-free-online-computer-science-courses-from-princeton-
stanford-umich-penn-start-Monday
Articles on Blended Learning:
Allen, I. E., Seaman, J., & Garrett, R. (2007). Blending in: The extent and promise of
blended education in the United States. Needham, MA: Sloan Consortium. Retrieved
from http://sloanconsortium.org/sites/default/files/Blending_In.pdf
Garrison, D. R., & Vaughan, N. D. (2007). Blended learning in higher education:
Framework, principles, and guidelines. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
U.S. Department of Education. (2009). Evaluation of evidence-based practices in
online learning: A meta-analysis and review of online learning studies. Washington,
DC: Author.
Zhao, Y., Lei, J., Yan, B., Lai, C., & Tan, S. (2005). What makes the difference? A prac-
tical analysis of research on the effectiveness of distance education. Teachers Col-
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/education/consortium-of-colleges-takes-
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We are pleased to share with you that
the IFEES/GEDC joint Secretariat is
now at the College of Engineering,
Marquette University, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, USA thanks to the invita-
tion of its OPUS Dean and GEDC
member Robert H. Bishop and the
universitys administration. We hope
to welcome you to Marquette Univer-
sity and are looking forward to devel-
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