Michael
H.W. Hoffmann obtained the Diplom-degree (comparable to an M.Sc. degree) in physics in 1975 and his Ph.D. in
RF & Microwave Engineering in 1980, both at Saarland University, Germany,
where he worked as a research assistant until 1983. He joined ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH (today Marconi
Communications GmbH) as a systems engineer and researcher from 1983 until 1988. From 1989 until 1991 he was a professor at
the University of Applied Sciences of the German Telecom in Berlin. Since 1991 he has been professor and
vice-head in the Department of Microwave Techniques at the University of Ulm,
Germany. He was awarded the Prize of
the State of Baden-Württemberg for excellence in higher education in 2000. He was a STINT Visiting Professor and
researcher at the Ångström Institute of the University of Uppsala, Sweden in
2001. His current research interests
include electronic noise and RF&Microwave Communication Systems. He is a council member of the European
Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering and is a
member of IEEE, ITG, VDE, and the International Steering Committee of the
International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE).
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Robin
King is Pro Vice Chancellor, Division of Information Technology, Engineering
& the Environment at the University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes,
Australia. He received his Ph.D. in
Electronic Engineering from Imperial College, University of London in
1972. He was a research engineer with
the British Broadcasting Corporation from 1971 – 1974, and has held several
academic positions in Papua New Guinea, UK and Australia. As an Associate Professor at the University
of Sydney from 1989 – 1996 he led the speech technology research group, and was
Associate Dean (undergraduate). He has
more than 80 publications, and has been involved with a number of progressive
engineering education initiatives, and with the Australasian Association for
Engineering Education. In his current
position he is responsible for the management and strategic development of a
wide range of academic and research programs that span information technology
and engineering, the built and natural environment and mathematics. He is a member of the Australian Council of
Engineering Deans, and continues to be involved with accreditation of
Australian engineering degrees through his work with the Institution of
Engineers, Australia.
Luis Manuel Sánchez Ruiz has been
affiliated with Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain since 1980 and
has been Professor of Mathematics since 2000.
He graduated and received his Ph.D. from Universidad de Valencia in 1980
and 1988, respectively, and was a Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL, USA on several occassions during 1992-99. His current research interests
include functional analysis from both theoretical and applied points of
view. He has published over 80 papers
in scientific journals and conference proceedings and more than 10 textbooks on
mathematics for engineers, and is co-author of the research monograph Metrizable Barrelled Spaces published by
Longman. The former Academic
Co-ordinator of Mediterranean University of Science and Technology, he is
responsible for several research projects granted by the Spanish Ministry of
Education. He is currently a reviewer for several
international journals, publishing companies and research projects, as well as
a member of the Editorial Board of Scientiae Mathematicae Japonicae, and of the
on-line Scientiae Mathematicae. He is
member of the International Steering Committee of International Conference on
Engineering Education and is General Chair of ICEE-2003: Valencia.