Program Highlights

Tuesday, 19 October

GEDC Water & Energy Sustainability Workshop

3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Simpor Ballroom 4904 & 4804

MODERATOR: Tom Katsouleas, Dean of Engineering, Duke University

The Water & Energy Grand Challenges: How can engineering deans and other stakeholders address these challenges needed in engineering education?

Keynote: “Water Sustainability & Power Generation in Our Global Communities” Raimund Klein, Division Lead for Industry, Industrial Automation Drives Technologies, Singapore & Division Cluster Lead for Drives Technologies, Siemens Pte Ltd, Singapore

1. Keynote Presentation followed by Q&A [30 minutes]

2. Panel – Presentations on best practices on academic responses to Grand Challenges [7 minutes each]

a. Shiyi Chen, Dean of the College of Engineering, Peking University

b. Chandrakant Patel, HP Senior Fellow and Director, Sustainable IT Ecosystem Laboratory (SIEL), HP Laboratories

c. Jaime Bonilla, Dean of Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey Campus

3. Breakout Workshop: Part One – “Needs”

a. “What needs to change in engineering education?”

b. Questions and Discussion

c. Sharing to larger group – Creating a “List of Needs”

4. Final Word – Tom Katsouleas

Invited Guests Only

Mr. Raimund Klein is pleased to invite a small group of individuals to visit Siemens’ City of the Future Exhibit on October 20th, Wednesday evening, followed by a dinner at the Siemens Center.

Wednesday, 20 October

GEDC Energy & water Sustainability Workshop

3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Simpor Ballroom 4904 & 4804

MODERATOR: John Beynon, Dean of Engineering, Swinburne University

The Energy & Water Grand Challenges: How can engineering deans and other stakeholders address these grand challenges and the need to change engineering education?

Water Sustainability and Engineering Education

Zaini Ujang, Vice Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

1. Keynote Presentation followed by Q&A [30 minutes]

2. Panel – Presentations on best practices on academic responses to Water Grand Challenges [7 minutes each]

a. Madam Qidi Wu, Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai; Vice Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China

b. David Delaine, Vice President of SPEED, Drexel University PhD Candidate, USA

c. Joe Mook, Program Manager, US National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering

d. Ramiro Jordan, Executive Vice President, ISTEC; Vice President, IFEES

4:30 – 4:45 Refreshment Break Sponsored by MathWorks

4:45 – 5:00 “MathWorks: Helping Engineers Make a World of Difference” by Jim Ryan, Global Academic Strategist

3. Breakout Workshop: Part Two – “Implementation”

a. “How can those changes be implemented?”

b. Questions and Discussion

c. Sharing to larger group

4. Final Word – John Beynon