Concept History Organization Committee of ICEE2000 Important dates of ICEE2000

ICEE Concept

Engineering schools in regions around the world are engaging in a critical and comprehensive examination of their undergraduate and graduate education systems.

In order to meet the development needs of the 21st Century, new efforts have to be implemented that constantly seek to improve the quality of the education experience for students. Among the many issues of concern are the application of information technology as a teaching aid, hands-on experience for undergraduate students, and and distance and life-long learning.

Unlike past engineering education reforms, the current activities have involved an increasingly wide range of engineering schools around the world working in partnership with each other, and with industry, government, and professional organizations. These efforts are put in place in recognition of the need for a structural change in how and what engineering students should be taught.

The collaborative or partnership approach in engineering education is central to many of the ongoing efforts. Examples include the engineering education coalitions that began in the United States in the early 1990s. Similar programs are now being initiated in other nations.

Important consequences of these changes should include the opportunity for university personell to meritate themselves within broad fields to stimulate the necessary adjustments to face this new situation. Since the early 90's such actions have been called for by National Science Foundation (NSF) in two documents condensed here as "Future Educational Principles" and "A Focus for Change". In some countries, f.inst. Norway, this development is now spurred by the so called "Competence Reform", which aims to legally secure every citizen's " right to lifelong learning".

Organized as an information exchange forum, ICEE also emphasizes the importance of advancing the state of the art through partnership and networking. It is envisioned as a conference that highlights the worldwide progress and experiences in engineering education; it is also a platform for creating mutually benefical collaborative efforts.

Accordingly, ICEE is usually organized around a two part format: a traditional 2-3 days conference followed by a 1-2 days international workshop to discuss future cross-regional collaboration efforts in education and research. Regular stand-up presentation of papers, as well as poster sessions are a part of the conference. Participation from academia, industry and government representatives are welcome. Keynote remarks by leaders in engineering and technology are a regular feature. Boots for conference-related exhibits may also be arranged for sponsors and attendees.

Funds for ICEE usually comes from government, industry and other sponsors. Another important source of funds is income from conference registration fees. The budget for each conference is the responsibility of the hosting institution, and is presented to the Steering Committee for advice and comment as a part of the proposal package.

While each ICEE is identified with the host institution and city but not with the country, the venue is rotated to different regions of the world, so that, in principle, the same region will not play host more than once every five years.

History

1994: Taipei
1995: Taipei
1997: Chicago/Carbondale
1998: Rio de Janeiro
1999: Ostrava/Prague
2000: Taipei/Tainan
2001: Oslo/Bergen
2002: Manchester
2003: Valencia (tentative)
2004: Buenos Aires (tentative)
2005: Krak (tentative)

Organization

ICEE is led by an International Steering Committee - the membership for which is renewed every year. The Committee reviews general procedure and policy for ICEE, including The Committee meets twice a year, once during the ICEE and again in the following autumn at the site for the next year's conference.

Steering Committee - 2000

Win AungNational Science Foudation, USA
Chun-Yen ChangNational Chaio Tung University, Taiwan
Mau-Kuen WuNational Science Council, Taiwan
Juh Wah ChenSouthern Illinois University, USA
Dominique DepeyreEcole Centrale Paris, Coordinator of the T.I.M.E. Association, France
Ahmad Fadzil M. H.Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
Saul FensterNew Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
Peter HicksUMIST, UK
John JacksonSouthern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
Takashi JinmaNippon Institute of Technology, Japan
Peter LeeCalifornia Polytechnic State University, USA
Adolf MelezinekUniversity of Klagenfurt, Austria
Justo NietoUniversidad Politecnica, Spain
Rolf PalmgrenTelemark College, Norway
Vaclav RoubicekTechnical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Ted SandersEducation Commission of the States, USA
Luiz Carlos ScavardoPontificia Universidade Catoloca do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andreas SchlachetzkiTechnische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany
Victor K. Schutz.President, IEEE Education Society
George SwisherSouthern Illinois University, USA
Ching-Ji WuMinister of Education, Taiwan
Michail ZguroskyNational Technic University, Ukraine
Wojciech ZielinskiSilesian Technical University of Gliwice, Poland

Program Committee - 2000

Timothy AndersonUniversity of Florida in Gainsville, USA
Serge BoucherFaculte Polytechnique de Monse, Belgium
Mauro CavalliniUniversita di Roma, Italy
Tomas CermakTechnical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Paul Y. S. CheungUniversity of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Trond ClausenTelemark College, Norway
Yahiko KambayashiUniv. of Kyoto, Japan
Janusz KowalUniversity of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland
Teck Seng LowNatl. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
John MeadSouthern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA
Oleksandr A. MinajevDonetzk StateTechnical University, Ukraine
Jaromir PolakTechnical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
C. H. WeiNational Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Important Dates in 2000

15 MarchAbstract dues
31 MarchNotice of acceptance
15 MayCamera-ready manuscripts due
30 JunePre-registration deadline