On 31 August 2020, the project center unit of Supmeca (Paris, F) organised a morning conference (in French) “Supmeca Engineering School – Entreprises: Which competences answer the entreprises’ needs of today and tomorrow”. This activity took place in the context of…
The SEFI Board of Directors will meet on the following days: 20 August 2020, 15:00-17:30: on the agenda, SEFI pending statutory matters for the GA. 18 September 2020 - pre-conference meeting, 14:00-16:30. The agenda of this meeting will be published…
EUInvestInKnowledge July 2020 More than ever, the global Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the true value of excellent research, innovation and education. In the campaign “Seize our common future”, 15 associations representing more than 800 universities have called for an ambitious…
Assessment of Socio-Technical and Co-Design Expertise in Humanitarian Engineering 2019 AAEE Award for Engineering Education Research DesignDr Andrea Mazzurco and Dr Scott DanielThursday 09 July, 12-1pm AESTRegistration via Eventbrite Humanitarian Engineering (HE) is emerging in universities and professional workplaces worldwide. HE…
The first BEST Virtual Summit “Beyond The Pandemic” online conference took place 15-20th June 2020 with the purpose of gathering students and young professionals of divers background to learn and discuss about three topics: the future of Education, Work and UN Sustainable Development…
Dear SEFI/GEDC Community, I am delighted to announce that SEFI has partnered with the GEDC to support the Global Virtual Internship Program. Engineering students at member institutions of both organisations can now benefit from the valuable opportunities offered by our corporate and university…
The COVID-19 crisis severely disrupted the education of engineering students in Spring 2020. For engineering students learning about ethics, however, the COVID crisis also created an opportunity to make ethics issues real. In TU Eindhoven, COVID impacted on what was…
As representatives of Engineering Education in Europe and North America, SEFI and ASEE align their diversity in engineering education initiatives in a Joint Statement on Diversity Equity and Inclusion. This paper was written by members of both Societies under the…
SEFI 2020 Annual Conference in a new format 20-24 September 2020 The international organising committee (IOC) decided to move SEFI2020 online. Travel restrictions, national event rules, and health considerations are forcing us to do so. At the same time, we…
Integrating ethics in technical disciplines through student-generated case studies When the Universitat Politècnica de València wanted to explore the introduction of ethics in a civil engineering programme, Esther Giménez-Carbó asked students to find their own cases of ethical misconduct in…