The Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) of the Batangas State University is set to stage its first International Conference on Innovations in Engineering Education (ICIEE 2021) to be held on November 10 and 11, 2021.
Championing the theme “Engineering Educators: Active Drivers of Innovation,” ICIEE 2021 aims to serve as a platform for engineering professionals to spark intellectual discussions, refresh perspectives, and share expertise, best practices, and experience that will benefit the academe, industry, and pertinent government bodies, along with other key sectors involved in nation- and world-building. Participants in the virtual event include academicians, educators, researchers, industry practitioners, and leaders of global organizations in engineering education.
The two-day event is charged with speakers from across the globe to cover a number of relevant thematic areas in plenary sessions, panel discussions, and masterclasses.
To start, a keynote address, themed “Innovating Today towards the Engineering Mindset of the Future,” will be delivered by Dr. Sheryl Sorby, Immediate Past President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) President, Prof. Dr. Gong Ke, in partnership with the International Center of Engineering Education (ICEE), the secondary center of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), supported by China Academy of Engineering and Tsinghua University, will deliver the UNESCO Engineering Report 2021 at the first plenary session.
Succeeding plenary sessions are to be held respectively by Dr. Sarah Ann Rajala, At-Large Director (2021-2022) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET), and Aldert Kamp, Co-Director of the CDIO Initiative. Correspondingly, session themes are centered on “Quality Assurance in Engineering Education” and “Matching Future-Fit Engineering Education with the CDIO Framework.”
Engr. Federico A. Monsada, a fellow member of the CIEE’s advisory board, President of the Philippine Technological Council (PTC), and Former Chair of the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations (AFEO) will be participating in the panel discussion on “Inclusion and Diversity in Engineering Education,” representing the industry stakeholders in engineering education, along with (1) Prof. Madya Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan, Head of the Research Group in Engineering Education (RGEE) and Fellow at the Center for Engineering Education (CEE) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM); (2) Engr. Yetunde Adeobola Holloway, Chair of Women in Engineering at WFEO and Founding Executive of the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) in Lagos, Nigeria; and (3) Engr. Dr. Cho Win Maw, Acting President, Vice President, and Evaluator of the Myanmar Engineering Council (MEC).
A separate panel discussion on “Teaching and Learning in the New Normal: Best Practices in Southeast Asia” will be led by three leaders in engineering education in the ASEAN region: (1) Dr. Helene Leong, Director of the Educational Development Department at Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Co-Director and Asian Region Leader for the CDIO Initiative; (2) Prof. Satesh Narayana Namasivayam, Associate Head for Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society and Professor of Engineering and Science at Heriot-Watt University, Malaysia Campus; and (3) Assoc. Prof. Dr. Natha Kuptasthien, Director of Graduate Office at the Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT) and CDIO Initiative key person for Thailand.
Among the masterclasses are: “Advances in Integrated Learning Experiences Using Core Principles of Learning,” to be delivered by Sin-Moh Cheah, Senior Academic Mentor and Head of the Teaching and Learning Unit at the School of Chemical and Life Sciences at SP; “Assessment Methods in Education: ‘How Do I Know What They Know?’” by Dr. Jennifer Culver, Educational Consultant at the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC); and “Innovation of Engineering Education for the Future Universities,” by Prof. Haydn H.D. Chen, Founding Vice President of the Asian Society for Engineering Education (AsiaSEE) and Professor Emeritus at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The ICIEE 2021 is organized in time for the celebration of the College of Engineering’s 50th anniversary. Since 1971, the College of Engineering in BatStateU, formerly Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology (PBMIT), has been the institution’s premier college that offers its flagship programs. In the spirit of quality and dedication, the CIEE was established as the university’s official arm in advancing engineering education coincident with the celebration of World Engineering Day (WED) 2021. The CIEE is the first of its kind in the country.
The conference will also feature part of the Innovation Challenge Competition, a thematic competition that challenges students of higher education institutions (HEIs) to ideate, innovate, and pitch solutions addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The top ten (10) teams of the said competition will be announced prior to the closing of the ICIEE 2021. Said teams shall undergo an innovation program to improve the minimum viable products, conduct validation activities, and prepare for the final demo and pitching day scheduled on December 6 and 7 this year during the 5th International Research Conference on the Innovations in Engineering, Science, and Technology (IRCIEST V).
Registration is open and may be accessed here: https://bit.ly/ICIEE2021_Registration. More details on schedule and fees can be accessed via the conference website at https://batstate-u.edu.ph/iciee/#/main/home.
