The bi-annual seminar which is open to all persons with an interest in teaching mathematics to engineers, brings together educators from all over Europe. The seminars do not only provide several presentations but also leave space for intensive discussions of actual topics.
Upcoming Seminar
- 20th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 15-17 June 2020 – Kristiansand, Norway. Deadline for abstract submission: 15 January 2020
Past Seminars
- 19th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – June 2018 – Coimbra, Portugal.
- 18th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 27-29 June 2016 – Gothenburg, Sweden. It was organized by Chalmers University. The seminar proceedings can be found here. There are also reports on the discussion groups: a) on “Mathematical Competence” (B. Alpers); and b) on “Topics for future seminars” (D. Velichova).
- 17th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 23-25 June 2014 – Dublin, Ireland. It was jointly organized by the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), the Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT Dublin) and IT Blanchardstown. The seminar proceedings can be found here. (Caution: With some browsers the links within the pdf document do not work. If this is the case, please use the Internet Explorer or Firefox where the links do work). There is also a report on the discussion groups on “Important issues in the mathematical education of engineers” and on “Using technology to improve teaching and learning” (B. Alpers) .
- 16th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 28-30 June 2012 – Salamanca (University of Salamanca), Spain.The seminar proceedings can be found here. There is also a report on the discussion groups on “Mathematical competencies and suitable learning and assessment arrangements” (B. Alpers).
- 15th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 20-23 June 2010 – Wismar (Hochschule Wismar – University of Technology, Business and Design), Germany. The seminar proceedings can be found here. There is also a report on the discussion group on “Modeling Competencies” (B. Alpers).
- 14th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 6-9 April, 2008 – Loughborough, England. This seminar was combined with the IMA (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications) conference on the Mathematical Education of Engineers. Mike Barry (Bristol) wrote a short report on the conference. Further details and the conference proceedings are available here. There are also reports on the discussion groups on “Major Problems” (B. Alpers) and “Active Learning” (R. Clements).
- 13th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 11-14 June 2006 – Kongsberg, Norway. The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
- 12th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 14-16 June 2004 – Vienna University of Technology, Austria. The seminar proceedings can be downloaded here
- 11th SEFI-MWG European Seminar on Mathematics in Engineering Education – 9 – 12 June 2002 – Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden. Click here for the report on this seminar