17 May, 8-10am EST / 2-4pm CET Few would argue with the idea that societies need engineers to design and build technologies which help to solve societal challenges on the one hand and are inclusive, ethical, and without unexpected negative…
AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, UNESCO AGH Chair, is a beneficiary of the program of the National Agency for Academic Exchange SPINAKER - Intensive International Education Programs in the implementation of the project entitled: AGH UNESCO DigiCamp…
Global Imperatives for Continuing Engineering Education State University of New York at Buffalo, June 6-10, 2022 The IACEE 18th World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education is hosted by the State University of New York at Buffalo, June 6-10, 2022. The…
SEFI Summer School provides an opportunity for PhD students engaged in engineering and science education research to learn from experts and their peers. Students will participate in workshops led by experts, centered around aspects of research in engineering and science…
David Groenfeldt, Director Water-Culture Institute & University of New Mexico in the US At the risk of oversimplifying the complexities of water ethics, this essay lays out an approach that engineers (and also non-engineers) can use to identify ethical dilemmas…
Ilmas Futehally, Executive Director Strategic Foresight Group, Mumbai, India Any two countries engaged in active water cooperation do not go to war for any reason. This is the conclusion of the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) after analysing 286 shared river…
Sarah Cotterill, University College Dublin, Ireland There is no uniquely correct solution to most engineering problems, but some solutions are preferable to others. Engineering ethics can help us to recognize these. Ethics is one of the cornerstones of the engineering…
Edmond Byrne, University College Cork, Ireland A decade ago, I published a paper on “Teaching engineering ethics with sustainability as context” (Byrne, 2012), reflecting on what Herkert (2000) had previously identified as “the traditional preoccupation of engineering ethics with specific…
25 January 2022 The Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Education and Learning (CEL) is launching the second run of its MOOC on Multidisciplinary Research Methods for Engineers on edX on January 25, 2022. Course Instructors prof. Marcus Specht and dr. Gillian Saunders-Smits…
Blended Learning in Engineering Education: challenging, enlightening – and lasting? We are delighted to announce that SEFI 2021 Annual Conference proceedings have been published. Almost 1600 pages of latest research in engineering education! The ISBN reference is 978-2-87352-023-6. It was held…