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2021
GEDC
ELECTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING VOTING PROCEDURES
Regular Members of the Global Engineering Deans 1. Save the PDF Ballot form to your computer before
Council (GEDC) may submit their votes to GEDC Election completing the ballot (changes will not be saved otherwise)
Chair Dr. Michael Milligan (mmilligan@abet.org), Hans
2. Start a new e-mail to both Dr. Michael Milligan
Jürgen Hoyer (h.hoyer.ifees@gedc.info), and Aliki Pappas (mmilligan@abet.org), Hans Jürgen Hoyer (h.hoyer.ifees@
(a.pappas@ifees.net). gedc.info) and Aliki Pappas (a.pappas@ifees.net).
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X next to the name of one (1) candidate for Secretary/ 4. Attach the completed ballot in your e-mail OR list the
Treasurer, and up to six (6) candidates for the GEDC candidate(s) you would like to nominate for the vacancies
Executive Committee Members. from the list below:
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Council. If you have questions, please contact Dr. Michael
Milligan or Hans Jürgen Hoyer (+1 202-299-4942).
12021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Dr. Babu
AMC Institutions
India
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Dr. Babu has more than 33 years of experience in different facets of Education, Teaching, Research, and Academic Administration. He is Margadarshak at SJCIT,
Chikkaballapur, Karnataka. He has held several academic positions in the past like Vice-Chancellor of REVA University, Bengaluru; CEO, Vardhaman College of
Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana; and Principal of BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru.
He is passionate educator, leader par excellence, institution builder, known for his integrity and academic & administrative reforms. He believes that faculty
and students are the two eyes having one vision focused on learning. He had successfully supervised five research scholars and currently supervising two
candidates for Ph.D. He has published 81 technical papers and authored eight books; serving as an expert member on nationally and internationally well-known
boards and committees.
Dr. Babu is an expert member of UGC, AICTE, NBA, NAAC, Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), and Visvesvaraya Technological University
(VTU) and other Universities. Dr. Babu has wide exposure in the field of higher education, particularly transformations in engineering education and its global
practices. He has visited several foreign universities and acquired multi-faceted approaches to teaching, pedagogy, learning, research, and innovation. Developed
sensitivity, acceptance, and understanding of an array of different cultural and community perspectives.
Dr. Babu is a founder of Centre of Excellence in Engineering Education (CEEE), Founder Fellow of ICTA, Fellow of IEI, and Fellow of IIIE; and a Life Member of the ISTE,
IIF, and ORSI. Though the CEEE, he has trained more than 2500 faculty members pan India.
Dr. Babu is the recipient of several awards for his contributions; Excellence Award for exceptional performance in developing BMS College of Engineering as an
Institute of Eminence in Research, Industry Collaborations and Academic Excellence. Honoured with distinguished Alumnus Award from MSRIT, MAA Servepalli
Radhakrishna Award, Paul Harris Rotary Award, Dr. S. R. Gollapudi Award, Dr. J. M. Mahajan Award (IIIE) and BMSCE Alumni Association Award.
Wholesome education being his motto, Dr. Babu strives hard to bring educational reforms for the Success of Students thus contributing to the prosperity and
wellbeing of the nation.
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY
I am in academics since 1988. I have served in various capacities and at different levels, (higher education in general and engineering education in particular)
for the past 33 Years. The First-quarter of my service was dedicated to predominantly teaching and research. The Second quarter teaching in an interdisciplinary
mode continued with research and organizing academic activities. In the third phase more Teaching, Research and Administration. Fourth phase Research,
Administration, and stakeholder management, and outreach activities. Currently engaged with institutional building activities and research activities. I have
trained more than 3000 educators (across India) in Outcome-based education and Student-centric learning methods.
I have successfully implemented several transformational reforms both in Academics and Administration. The reforms include Good Governance, Leadership
Development, Accreditation, Outcome-based Education, Student-centric Learning, Curriculum Design & Development, Innovative Pedagogy, Assessment Reforms,
Faculty Development Programs, Research, and Development, Innovation, IPR, Student Development Programs, and Staff/Student Welfare Policies. With merits,
I have executed the 5 million dollars (USD) World Bank Funded Project on Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (implemented in 3 Phases,
spanning over a decade).
Outreach and International Exposure helped me to understand the global educational practices and quality aspects leading to excellence. I became a member of
22021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Dr. Babu
AMC Institutions
India
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY (CONTINUED) Click here for video
GEDC in 2015 (thanks to Prof. Krishna Vedula, IUCEE). Since then I have been regularly attending the annual conferences. GEDC experience gave me great exposure
to newer and innovative academic practices and global industry perspectives on higher education. This experience paved way for several innovative reforms and
establishing innovative labs called Propel Labs to enhance the psychomotor skills of the students. This act not only affected the student learning experience but
also seen a shift in their career options from job seeker to job provider.
Tertiary education has great significance as it is a fundamental need for employment. I strongly believe that “Student Success is Essential for Building a
Prosperous Nation”. My vision is to make sure the success of students by providing a proper eco-system (governance-finance-quality assurance). An eco-
system that is conducive to holistic education. The National Educational Policy 2020 (India) talks about holistic and multidisciplinary education to nurture the
student to be strong and face real-time challenges and solve real-world problems. Moving ahead, create a mind-set in the young generation to solve and resolve
the global challenges. Inculcate research ability and ethics in the student while addressing these problems. This would result in solving complex engineering
problems, real-time problems, case studies, or societal problems by the graduating students. The proper use of technology and ensuring sustainability by
adopting green transition methods and peace engineering to have a common and thorough understanding of the problem statements in a multidisciplinary and
systematic way is the key to success. A blended approach of learning, both online and offline, and having a minor program (in the Indian context) to pursue their
interesting subject enables the engagement of students. Training faculty members in the technology tools and online teaching methods s the need of the hour.
Going forward, I feel personalized learning (one of the global challenges) would be redefining the future of higher/tertiary education. I am of the feeling that
personalized learning would emphasize more cognitive skills than other skills (psychomotor/affective). Yet another transformation anticipated to effectively
impart educational engagement. Any change in higher/tertiary education requires years of sustained, consistent and persistent efforts at every level of the
system. We need to carefully tread the path of providing or facilitating higher education globally.
32021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Jennifer Bradford
Siemens Digital Industries
United States of America
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Jennifer Bradford leads the learning and credentialing portfolio for Siemens Digital Industries Software’s Global Academic Program. Under Jennifer’s leadership
the program has expanded around the twin pillars of open learning and microcredentialing, ensuring that learners and educators across the globe are able to
access the resources they need to embrace a digital mindset. Jennifer also sits on the College-Industry Partnership Board of Directors for the American Society
for Engineering Education.
Jennifer spent her early career as a programmer and quickly realized her passion was centered around the potential for technology to democratize the way
people learn. She has worked with various technology, non-profit and academic institutions throughout her career, in both curricular and instructional design and
executive leadership capacities, always with the goal of empowering people to learn and teach in the ways that best support their goals.
Jennifer received her BS in Psychology from the University of Missouri, her MS in Instructional Design and Technology from Fontbonne University and is currently
pursuing a graduate certificate in Advanced Management from Washington University’s Olin Business School.
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY
I have been involved with the GEDC since joining the academic program at Siemens in the summer of 2017. I’ve have had the opportunity to expand my
participation over the last year, first as a co-moderator of one of the Dynamic Design Groups during last year’s Industry Forum, and subsequently as Dora Smith’s
deputy on the planning committee for WEEF/GEDC 2021 in Madrid, Spain.
As a member of the GEDC Executive Committee, I will passionately support the organization’s mission and vision by working closely with deans, industry
colleagues and institutional partners to foster a collaborative environment in which the organization’s strategic priorities are able to flourish. As an industry
partner, I’m able to leverage a unique set of resources and talent to facilitate research collaborations, exchange programs and networking opportunities for
council members and partners. Additionally, through my involvement with ASEE/CIPD and ABET, I’m able to connect with a worldwide stakeholder network and
benefit from those relationships in the service of GEDC’s goals and priorities.
As COVID has accelerated the pace of change in the academic arena, and as cost pressures, alternative credentialing and geopolitical instability have altered the
demand curve for higher education, it is essential that academia and industry work together to ensure that the global engineering community is a resource for
human-centered innovation, ecologically sensitive design and sustainable development. For these reasons, I would love the opportunity to serve on the GEDC
Executive Committee.
42021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Jenna Carpenter
Campbell University
United States of America
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Dr. Jenna P. Carpenter is Founding Dean and Professor of Engineering a Campbell University, located in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina. Over the
last six years she has led the creation of a new innovative, hands-on, project-based engineering program which emphasizes a variety of professional skills and
teaches concepts in context using a classlab format. The program also has a strong focus on producing outstanding, career-ready engineers and increasing
diversity of engineering graduates, with the inaugural class having graduated in May 2020. The engineering faculty at Campbell is diverse, as well, with 62%
women faculty and 80% of mechanical engineering faculty who are women. The success of Campbell’s School of Engineering and Dr. Carpenter’s related work
on innovative curricula and diversity in STEM has already attracted national attention. These efforts have been featured and recognized by a variety of national
organizations, Fortune 100 and 500 companies, and publications, including ABET; the National Society of Professional Engineers; the Society of Women Engineers;
US News and World Report; The Chronicle of Higher Education; the American Society for Engineering Education; the KEEN Network; WEPAN (Women in Engineering
ProActive Network); ASME; IEEE; Cisco; Red Hat; and Lenovo, to name a few. Before coming to Campbell, Carpenter was on the faculty of the College of Engineering
and Science at Louisiana Tech University for 26 years, where she served as department head and associate dean for 18 years.
Dr. Carpenter’s research on innovative engineering curricula, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion (particularly around success of women in STEM). She
has received over $4.3 million in federal funding to support her work (while serving as an administrator for the last 24 years) and authored more than 150
publications and presentations. As a nationally recognized expert, Carpenter has served on multiple external advisory boards for NSF ADVANCE-funded programs
around the nation (currently Michigan Tech and Seattle University), as well as on advisory boards for NSF CAREER Awardees to other large, multi-institutional,
NSF-funded projects. She regularly speaks around the country at academic institutions, professional organization events, national and international conferences
and workshops, and to Fortune 100 and other corporate audiences on these issues. She has a TEDx talk, “Engineering: Where are the girls and why aren’t they
here?” with over 80,000 views. She has written on innovative curricula and success of women in STEM for a variety of national publications, including the IEEE
Technology and Society Magazine, ASEE Prism Magazine, Tau Beta Pi The Bent Magazine, MAA College Math Journal, MAA Math Values Blog, and MAA Focus
Magazine.
In recognition of her national leadership and vision, Carpenter has been invited to national STEM events such as The White House Science Fair, The White House
Champions for Change Event, and the USA Mathematics Olympiad Celebrations at the US State Department. Dr. Carpenter served in 2017 as an invited panelist for
the Panel on Improving Diversity in Center-Based Engineering Research for the Committee on the Future of Center-Based Multidisciplinary Engineering Research
which informed the National Academies 2017 Committee Report on ”A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research”. She has been an invited participant
in multiple national initiatives to rethink engineering education and diversity, including the 2017 National Academy of Engineering Workshop “The Engagement
of Engineering Societies in Undergraduate Engineering Education;” the NSF Achieving The Dream ASEE/National Association of Manufacturers/Business-Higher
Education Forum Workshop on “Reskilling America’s Workforce: Exploring the Nation’s Future Workforce Needs;” the 2018 NSF Engineering Advisory Committee’s
“Engineering Deans Forum on Broadening Participation;” and the 2020-21 ASEE Industry 4.0 Workforce Summit. In 2015, Dreambox Learning named Carpenter one
of ten “Women in STEM Who Rock,” the only academic among a list of CEOs, politicians and actresses. She received the 2019 American Society for Engineering
Education Sharon Keillor Award for Women in Engineering Education for her work to improve the success of women in engineering.
Dr. Carpenter has an extensive and distinguished record of national level service to STEM professional organizations and programs. Carpenter is a member of
the Executive Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council and co-chair of the US Engineering Deans Council Undergraduate Experience Committee. She is
also an ABET Program Evaluator. Dr. Carpenter will be President-Elect of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) effective July 2021. She is a Fellow
of ASEE, past ASEE Vice President of Professional Interest Councils, past Chair of the ASEE Long-Range Planning Committee and past chair of the ASEE Strategic
Governance Committee. She has served in officer positions for multiple ASEE Divisions, including the Educational Research and Methods Division, Electrical and
Computer Engineering Division, Women in Engineering Division, Pre-College Engineering Education Division, and Mathematics Division.
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52021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Jenna Carpenter
Campbell University
United States of America
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY Click here for video
Dr. Carpenter is completing her first term on the GEDC Executive Committee. She has been an active member, participating in both the 2019 GEDC Industry Forum
in Fontainebleau, France, as well as the virtual 2020 Industry Forum, for which she served as co-lead for one of the dynamic design groups. She supported the
participation of one of Campbell’s National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars in the companion Thriving Online design competition. Their team
went on to win one of the three overall awards at the Dassault Systemes Innovate for Sustainability design competition later in the fall. Dr. Carpenter attended
the 2019 Annual Conference in Santiago, Chile, and will be attending the 2021 Industry Forum in Dresden, 2021 Annual Conference, and supporting student
participation in these events, as well as encouraging other institutions (particularly, Grand Challenge Scholars) to send students to these valuable events. Dr.
Carpenter was featured in the first version of the GEDC/IFEES book “Rising to the Top: Global Women Engineering Leaders.”
With almost two decades of national leadership in engineering education, Dr. Carpenter is well-versed in issues and innovations in engineering around the nation.
She has a long track record of leadership with national engineering professional organizations, including serving as President of WEPAN (Women in Engineering
ProActive Network), and President-Elect of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), effective July 2021, and multiple other roles. She served as
Steering Committee Chair for the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenge Scholars Program for seven years (during which the program mentored and
admitted multiple programs around the world). She currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Engineering Deans Council. Last year, she served as Chair
of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Gulf Scholars Program, at the invitation of the National Academies of Engineering, Science and Medicine. She is also an ABET
Program Evaluator.
In addition to her extensive leadership at the national level, Dr. Carpenter has a record of international engagement with engineering and engineering education.
In addition to her GEDC activities, noted above, her Grand Challenge Scholars Program role included participation in four international Grand Challenges of
Engineering Summits, in London, Beijing, and Washington DC, sponsored jointly by the National Academy of Engineering, Royal Academy of Engineering and
Chinese Academy of Engineering. Given Campbell’s location in the Research Triangle Region of North Carolina and partnerships with a variety of Fortune 100, 200
and 500-level companies with strong footprints around the globe, Dr. Carpenter has mentored students who have secured both internships and full-time jobs
in Europe. She has spoken at the Society of Women Engineers conference in Prague and as part of an international panel at the Institute of Student Employers
Student Development Conference, United Kingdom, on “Designing the Future of Work Together: Online experiential learning is here to stay and this is why!” along
with Paul Blackmore from University of Exeter, Chantal Barry from Science Po, Rhys Phillips from Airbus and Kirsten Williamson from Petrus Communications.
Given her decades of experience and expertise, as well as leadership, in engineering education both in the US and abroad together with a solid track record of
support for the GEDC, Dr. Carpenter is a strong candidate for reappointment to the GEDC Executive Committee.
62021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Christos Christodoulou
University of New Mexico
United States of America
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Christos Christodoulou is currently the Dean for the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering
from North Carolina State University in 1985 and he is one of the founders of COSMIAC (Research Center for Space Electronics at UNM).
He is an IEEE Fellow, a member of Commission B of the U.S. National Committee (USNC) for URSI, an NRC Research Advisor under the National Academies/AFRL
Program, and a Distinguished Professor at UNM. He is the recipient of several teaching and research awards and has been inducted in the Alumni Hall of Fame
for the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, at North Carolina State University, in 2016.
He has given numerous keynote and invited talks all over the world, published over 550 papers in journals and conferences, written 17 book chapters, co-
authored 9 books, and has several patents. Over his academic career he has served as the major advisor for 37 Ph.D., 77 M.S. Students.
Over the years at UNM, he has managed to establish some very strong collaborations with local companies and national labs, such as Xilinx, Northrop Grumman,
Raytheon, Honeywell, Boeing, Sandia National Labs, and Los Alamos National Lab.
In 2015, he established the first School of Engineering collaboration with the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) run by Sandia National
Laboratories. Funds are provided annually to the School of Engineering to fund faculty members to assist small companies in Albuquerque and rural NM with
developing their products.
Finally, he has served in the board of directors for GWEC (Global Wireless Education Consortium in the US) from 2002-2006, in the UNM Economic Development
Council (2007-present), the New Mexico Bioscience Authority Board of Directors (2017-present), and New Space (aerospace) NM Advisory Team (2018 - present).
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY
New Mexico is a bilingual State, very diverse (22 pueblos, we live diversity), and has one of the highest concentrations of scientists/engineers per capita. The
State and UNM are deeply involved addressing the global challenges identified with the UN 17 SDGs and the NAE. We also are dealing with Peace Engineering which
was clearly reflected during the WEEF-GEDC 2018 we organized and resonated with all participants.
The School of Engineering at UNM is committed to Peace Engineering, a movement that took shape during the WEEF-GEDC 2018 events. We are actively seeking
funding and have started creating a Peace Engineering Minor in collaboration with many academic institutions, industries and the national laboratories. I strongly
believe that academia, industry, governments, NGOs and individuals need to partner to address the global challenges also encompassed by Peace Engineering. I
also believe in the forums provided by IFEES and GEDC to advance engineering education, research, entrepreneurial activities, and peace globally. I am sure I can
play a serious role in GEDC in identifying and creating collaborations among academia, industry, research laboratories, and other interested organizations. I also
want to serve as an ambassador between GEDC and the Peace Engineering Movement which I am committed as well as UNM.
All engineering schools worldwide need to address the just in time and virtual education model that the new generation of student’s demand. We cannot do it
alone. Employability and mobility are also important to be addressed and discussed in IFEES and GEDC forums. I believe we need to learn from each other on how
culture impacts engineering design and how modern global issues affect the engineering profession worldwide. We have to share this knowledge. We also
need to learn from each other on how to teach the next generation of students to transform ideas into innovation to deal with global engineering challenges
and in peace.
72021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Paloma Diaz
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Spain
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Prof. Dr. Paloma Díaz is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) since 2003. With a
Degree and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, she joined UC3M after graduating in 1992. She has been involved in
interdisciplinary research in the Interactive Systems research group (DEI LAB) that she leads since 1996, the Institute of Culture and Technology and the UC3M-BS
Institute on Financial Big Data. She has been visiting scholar in the Information Sciences and Technology College of PSU during two academic years, MAGIC LAB at
British Columbia University and the Visualization Institute of Stuttgart University.
Her main areas of research are interaction design, web engineering, mobile and ubiquitous computing, big data visualization, civic participation, ICT for learning
and teaching and digital cultural heritage. Prof. Díaz has led national and international research projects and has published more than 200 papers in journals,
conferences and books. Her teaching profile includes programming, data structures, and interaction design. She has organized international conferences and
symposiums like IEEE ICALT 2008, IEEE VLHCC 2010, IS-EUD 2015, ISCRAM-MED 2016.
She is IEEE Senior Member and ACM Senior Member and has been involved in IEEE Education Society activities. From 2007 to 2010 she was the Scientific Manager
of the IST research program at the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. She is currently the Dean of the UC3M Engineering School, Director of the Master
on Educational Innovation, and Director of the UC3M-Telefonica Chair on Women and Technology.
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY
I joined this community last November when I became the first women dean of the Engineering School of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. Though I’m new
in GEDC I have a profound sense of service and an extensive record of volunteering positions in research and academy that pushed me to run for the executive
committee. There a two features of future engineers that define my candidacy: socially responsible and diversity. From GEDC we can keep working on activities to
increase the links with society, industry and with other communities to highlight the role of engineering as a service and multidisciplinary profession concerned
not only with efficiency but also with fairness and sustainability. We can also share best practices on education like CBL or service learning.
Similarly, diversity has to be a fulcrum of our community, diversity of gender, age, race, or any other personal feature as well as diversity of backgrounds.
Future engineers need to work with and for diversity and, of course, we need to improve our figures regarding women in engineering. In our changing world the
challenges are so complex that we cannot miss any talent, especially due to wrong stereotypes or misconceptions on what engineering is. These are challenges
I’ve been personally involved in the last years and that affect the way we prepare future engineers and the way we define and live engineering.
82021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Leo Kempel
Michigan State University
United States of America
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Professor Kempel joined Michigan State University (MSU) in 1998. He served as the Founding Director of the High Performance Computing Center at MSU,
Associate Dean for Special Initiatives and Associate Dean for Research during the Deanship of Satish Udpa – a founding member of the GEDC. He became
Acting Dean and then Dean of Engineering beginning in March 2013. Prof. Kempel was awarded a CAREER award by the National Science Foundation and the
Teacher-Scholar award by Michigan State University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), the Applied Computational
Electromagnetics Society (ACES) and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He is currently the Dennis P. Nyquist Endowed Professor.
During his Deanship, Dr. Kempel has grown the faculty size of the College of Engineering from 167 to over 230. In addition, the college has had larger incoming
classes every year during his tenure; the College of Engineering now has over 6000 undergraduate students as well as over 1000 graduate students. The
expansion of the College of Engineering is continuing with an expectation of lasting for another five years.
His recent research activity has focused on magneto-dielectric materials for RF applications, conformal apertures, and additive manufacturing for antennas.
He has published over 250 papers in international venues primarily through the IEEE and continues to conduct research with graduate students. He has served
on the Executive Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council, the Board of Directors of the Engineering Society of Detroit and in numerous service roles
within the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Dr. Kempel is a member of IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Commission B of URSI.
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY
The global pandemic has impacted Engineering Education in ways unforeseen just a few years ago. It has, in the end, brought us together in sharing ways to
teach the next generation not only the science of engineering, but also the ideals of service to others as part of our collective mission. The historic image of an
engineering classroom with a “seer on the stage” or laboratories with students huddled over experiments has undergone transition brought about due to the
pandemic but also the increasing popularity of engineering as a career and by new tools that improve learning and discovery. The classroom of the future will be
distributed in both space and time. The changes of the past year will likely persist long into the future.
How our profession manages this change will profoundly affect the impact of our work. If we resist change, we are likely to be supplanted. By leading change,
we will thrive in the coming decades. GEDC is an excellent venue for conversation and joint action by the leaders of the global engineering education community
– the Deans. GEDC has hosted a variety of conversations around the coming changes and will continue to do so. These education delivery changes are likely to
be different to account for the varying national and regional conditions, needs, and opportunities; however, there will be commonality that can best be exploited
through collaboration among Deans of Engineering. The impacts of our collaborative action are globally significant. Regardless of the details, we do know that
engineering will lead change and GEDC will be a major venue for collective action. I would like to help craft our vision for the future and be an advocate for the
engineering profession in the global context. I enjoy serving on the Diversity committee of the GEDC learning how peers have creatively solved some of the most
persistent and vexing challenges of our profession – how to overcome the inherent inequities of the past to enable broader participation in global innovation in
the future.
I ask my colleagues to support my candidacy and thank GEDC for the opportunity to serve if elected.
92021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Secretary Treasurer
K. Manivannan
Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation
India
BIOGRAPHY Click here for video
Dr.K.Manivannan is currently the Director-Industry & Academia Relations, Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation(Deemed University) Chennai & Puducherry
campus under the MHRD, Government of India. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Fluid Mechanics with distinction. He earned his M.Tech in Computer Science &
Engineering. His research interest and expertise include Theoretical Computer Science, Theoretical Fluid Mechanics, Fuzzy Logic and Transform Techniques. He is
also the co-ordinator of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre, sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.
Dr.K.Manivannan is chiefly prominent as a stickler for quality, team builder and a natural motivator with perseverance and integrity. Complemented with these
qualities, Dr.K Manivannan’s excellent communication skills and leadership qualities have earned him several headship and management positions. He is now the
Chair-GEDC-India Chapter, and National Vice-President of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), New Delhi, one of the largest professional organizations in
India, with the motto of Career Development of Teachers and Personality Development of Students and overall development of Engineering Education System.
Before assuming this coveted position he has been elected as National Executive Council Member of ISTE for five terms. He was the member of Academic
Council of the prestigious University of Madras for two terms of six years. He is also a member of various professional organizations such as IEEE, CSI, Society
of Statistics, Computer & Applications, Indian Society for Probability & Statistics, Ramanujan Mathematical Society, Association of Mathematics Teachers of India.
Dr.K.Manivannan is a frequent contributor to national and international journals and a regular speaker at conferences. He has visited Malaysia, Singapore,
Thailand, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Argentina, Dubai, Florence-Italy, Seoul, Japan, Singapore, Kulalumphur, Albuquerque and Schengen to participate in the
International Federation for Engineering Education Societies (IFFES) & Global Engineering Deans’ Council (GEDC) International Conference and to interact with
various Stakeholders in Engineering Education.
Dr.K.Manivannan’s life philosophy has always been: “Laugh so Hard That even Sorrow Smiles at You, Live Life so Well that even Death Loves to see you Alive, Fight
so Hard that even Fate accepts its Defeat....”
RATIONALE FOR CANDIDACY
With more than 33 +years of experience as teacher, I am now serving as the Director-Industry & Academia Relations, VMRF- Deemed University, Chennai &
Puducherry campus under the MHRD, Government of India. This long experience in academia has given me an immense understanding of the teaching learning
process. Meeting brilliant students, erudite teachers and proficient industry professionals taught me to understand the needs of the industry, to contribute to
bridge the gap and learn from the academically challenging environment.
In addition to my academics, I have been very actively contributing my knowledge and time to professional bodies by serving in different leadership positions.
I was elected to the Executive Committee member of International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) twice at Seoul (2016) and Albuquerque
(2018). Subsequently, I was appointed as the Vice-President (Industry & academia Relations) IFEES and I continue my service till 2020 . I am also serving now as
Chair - Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC), India chapter. It is my privilege and pleasure to state that I made the presence of both IFEES and GEDC in India
by organizing WEEF 2019 for the first time in India as Co-chair.
My participation as an Indian delegation in the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) and Global Engineering Dean’s council (GEDC) at Singapore (2010),
Beijing (2011), Argentina(2012) , Dubai (2014) , Florence (2015), Seoul(2016), Kuala Lumpur (2017),Albuquerque(2018) and Chennai (2019) gave me a great
opportunity to interact with various Stakeholders in Engineering Education.
I am happy to mention that, as a panel member, my presentation ‘Cultivation of Practical Ability of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering Education’ at
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Asian engineering Deans summit (AEDS 2016) 16-17 ‘ May 2016, and “Industry -Academia Collaboration in India-Initiatives,
Issues, Opportunities and Strategies “at 8th edition of AEDS 2018 at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (May 21-23 2018)and my presentation at AEDS
2015 at NUS, Singapore in May 2015 were well-received. I also grew to a much more independent and confident person. I am now comfortable adapting to new
situations and interacting with people, who are different from me. I am happy that I gained these qualities which will be tremendously useful when interacting
with global audience.
102021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Secretary/Treasurer
K. Manivannan
Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation
India
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Before assuming these positions in global organizations, I have held key positions like Member of Board of Studies, Board of Examinations, Industry-Institution-
Interaction Cell and member of Academic Council, University of Madras, National Vice-President- Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, which provided
me new experiences so as to push myself and broaden my horizons apart from contributing to engineering education.
I am well aware that world now is facing greater challenges than any time in the past. Adding to issues like global warming, pollution, terrorism, un-employability,
and financial meltdowns, the pandemic has made tremendous changes in all walks of life. With a multitude of challenges facing our younger generation, along
with direct connectivity to an international society, students of engineering should be taught to view their professional and personal life with a different
perception, understand the nitty-gritty of the challenges and they should equip themselves with skills to overcome them. I strongly believe that my Secretary
/ Treasurer of Global Engineering Dean’s Council (GEDC) has certain alluring components like multidisciplinary interactions with performing engineers, several
networking opportunities, and international exposure which I will be able to take back to India and help aspiring engineering students to solve some of these
challenges. Through this leadership position I have always used all possible opportunities to promote the GEDC’s objectives through governance. I have been
reaching out to the younger generation, through virtual internship programs.
Generally, partnership and alliance have been accepted as key components that are vital to accomplish significant and efficient solutions. At present it has
become progressively clearer that partnership is not only important but necessary for students and professionals, due to globalization and the rise of technology.
As a coordinator of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre and Business Incubation I reckon that this kind of association will also help student
community to be ‘job creators’ in other words ‘Entrepreneurs’ than ‘job seekers’.
I strongly believe that modern youth should nurture creativity. Only a creative intelligence complemented with entrepreneurial skills can couple creative ideas to
life in a business setting. So my exposure to an international body like GEDC will help me to bridge my students’ creativity with international business acumen.
Also with more than 16 million students graduating from 3000+ institutions offering engineering education in India, my partnership with GEDC will help me
contribute something credible to at least few of these students if not to all.
I end, quoting GEDC statement that my Secretary/ Treasurer position to GEDC will help me gain skills and expertise that will ‘enhance the ability of engineering
faculty, students and practitioners to understand the varied cultures of the world and work effectively in them.’
I thank you for the opportunity.
112021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Marcello Nitz
Maua Institute of Technology
Brazil
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I am Prof. Dr. Marcello Nitz, Brazilian. I am a 49-year-old food engineer, graduated from Mauá Institute of Technology, in Brazil. I got my Masters in Food
Engineering and my Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, both from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), in Brazil. My research group works with drying
technology for chemical, food and pharmaceutical applications. I have been working at Mauá for 25 years now. After I had been the course leader of both
chemical and food engineering programs for three years, I was nominated the dean of the Engineering School and have been in this position for 9 years now. I
am also the Vice Provost, Academic.
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I support that GEDC must have an inclusive approach and a diverse composition. The challenges are global and the mobility of engineering professionals is
increasing every day. The GEDC committee must embrace Deans from all over the world to achieve its objective of being a global network that contributes to the
improvement of engineering education globally. As a Dean from a developing country where engineering education is going through significant changes, I am
sure I can contribute to this global vision of GEDC and help it acquire more members in Latin America.
122021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Dr. Sangappa
KS Institute of Technology
India
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Dr. Sangappa is currently working as Director (Adm & PR ), Dean (SW) & Professor of Electronics & Communication Engineering in the Department of ECE
at K S Institute of Technology, Kanakapura Road, Bangalore, Karnataka State, India. I Graduated & Received my Bachelors & Masters Degree in Electronics &
Communication Engineering from Bangalore University & I received my Ph.D in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks & awarded a Doctorate from AISECT
University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. My research area, interest & expertise include Ad-hoc wireless sensor networks, vehicular Ad-hoc sensor networks,
5G & Beyond wireless standards.
Dr. Sangappa involves very well with the society, with the team, with every stake holder, with utmost belongingness, inspiration & high motivational level with
perseverance & integrity. With excellent communication skills & leadership qualities, Dr. Sangappa has earned several headship & position at the top Management
levels. Right from Public Relation Officer, Professor, Dean student welfare of the group of Institutions to the present position as Director ( Adm & PR). He has
also executed the role of the Chief Co-ordinator of various State, National, International events organized for the benefit of faculty members of the technical
institutions across the country.
Dr. Sangappa is presently working as National Executive Council Member of Indian Society for Technical Education ( ISTE ) New Delhi, India. a professional body
with membership of 1,30,000 faculty members and 6,00,000 students members his is the second term of executive council member role of ISTE. Remarkable
contribution is made for the visibility of the above professional body by my active involvement.
Dr. Sangappa has also served as Secretary & Treasurer of ISTE , Karnataka State Section, Chairman of ISTE-KSIT Chapter life Member of Institute of Electronics
& Telecommunication Engineers ( IETE ), life member of Institute of Engineers ( India ) & also the member of (GEDC) Global Engineering Deans Council, with his
wide involvement in various professional bodies giving his best for all round development of Technical Education in India .
Dr. Sangappa is a regular speaker in various professional bodies platforms & he has been honored at many institutions during the conventions & conferences
organized. He is a guide & a motivator for many UG & PG students & a regular contributor to many National & International journals. He has visited many countries
on the assignment related to Engineering education. He is also an evaluator of Ph.D thesis of many universities. He represented Visvesvaraya Technological
University, VTU , Belgaum, Karnataka , India at various capacities at Board of examiners, Chairman, Board of studies member of local enquiry committee etc. Dr.
Sangappa’s philosophy of life is “ If you want it ,Work for it’’ & “ Nothing is Impossible”.
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By having 30 years of rich teaching experience in the field of Electronic & Communication Engineering presently I am serving as Director ( Adm & PR ), Dean ( SW
) Professor of ECE at K S Institute of Technology, KSIT, Kanakapura Main Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. This long stinct as a well known academician & able
administrator, executing various tasks made me to be one among the highly accepted & respected person in the field of technical education. During this journey
I met thousands of Learners, Teachers, Researchers, Industrial Professionals & exchanged ideas by involving with everyone .
I am highly dynamic National Executive Council Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) New Delhi, Member of the National Membership Drive
Committee of ISTE, Member of awards committee, organized many Karnataka State level ISTE students & faculty conventions .
As Member of Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) since long I had an opportunity to meet many learned persons of the field of Engineering & Administrative
background at an event held at Shenzen, China during Nov, 2016 organised by SUSTech University .
As a person eager to learn, share , interact with persons from different walks of life, meeting highly acclaimed professors & researchers will help me tremendously
while interacting with Global audience . During this global pandemic, I am well aware that the entire teaching-learning process are at loggerheads. There is a
drastic need for us to make Engineering education more lucrative & make the engineering students job ready. I strongly believe that upskilling & reskilling
132021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Dr. Sangappa
KS Institute of Technology
India
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,interactive learning, accessibility to high-end research papers are the need of the hour for our students. To address these issues efficiently I believe that partnership
with industrial Sector, MoU with Global Universities & R&D centers providing a good platform, to address every aspect of teaching learning process.
With this I strongly believe that my Nomination to Executive Committee of Global Engineering Dean Council (GEDC) will surely help all the stake holders with global
networking opportunities in multi-disciplinary areas and global exposure will help me to take back to India & address the needs of aspiring Engineering students. As
a chief coordinator of many conventions , conferences & workshops and with my rich exposure to the teaching fraternity & students I assure that I will work towards
strengthening the activities of GEDC & work towards increasing its membership base & reaching to every corner by planning & conducting various activities under
the banner of GEDC in India . By my exposure to International bodies like GEDC ,will help me to bring together teachers and learners & provide a platform for them
towards creativity & innovation.
I end quoting my philosophy that “If you want it, Work for it” and “Nothing is Impossible” provided a chance for me to be the executive committee member of GEDC
will help me gain much more skills & expertise that will help enhance the ability of every stakeholder of Engineering education & to learn varied cultures of the globe
& work effectively with everyone.
I thank you for the opportunity. Best Wishes & warm regards.
142021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Maria João Viamonte
Polytechnic Institute of Porto
Portugal
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Maria João Viamonte is a Professor of Computer Engineering at the Institute of Engineering of Porto (ISEP) at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (IPP), where
she has been serving as Dean since April 2018. ISEP is the oldest and one of the leading reference-engineering public institutes in Portugal. She was also Vice-
President of the scientific council for nine years.
She is a member of several councils including: The Academic Council of the IPP; theEvaluation Committee of Teacher Performance at ISEP/IPP; and co-responsible
by the Self-Assessment Commissions for Assessment Processes A3ES (Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education in Portugal) and
certification EURACE (European quality label for engineering degree programs) and ABET (accrediting agency for programs in applied and natural science,
computing, engineering and engineering technology) for ISEP/IPP.
She also participates, since March 2016, in the European project CALOHEE - Measuring and Comparing Achievements of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education
in Europe Maria received her PhD in electrical engineering in 2004 from the University of Trásos-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal, and works in Artificial Intelligence
with special interest in multi-agent simulation, agent-mediated electronic commerce, semantic web technology, and decision support systems.
She has been involved in several projects dealing with the development and use of Knowledge-Based systems, Modelling and Simulation, Multi-Agent systems,
Emotional Behavior, Data Mining, Ontology Matching Services, and Social Network. She has authored or co-authored more than 60 international publications,
including in journals and book chapters.
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My name is Maria João Viamonte and I’m Dean of the School of Engineering of Porto (also known as ISEP), an institution of higher education that is integrated
in the Polytechnic of Porto (IPP), in Portugal. ISEP is one of the leading schools of technology in Portugal, which has been pioneering education and research in
Engineering since 1852. ISEP offers a wide range of programmes in different fields of Engineering. With more than 6000 students, we believe each one is unique
and has the ability to excel. Our job is simply to channel their potential with the spirit of entrepreneurship, teamwork, out-of-box thinking and technical expertise,
key competences for a successful international career.
As a Dean, I am fully committed to ISEP’s goal of contributing to the achievement of sustainable development, by creating and transmitting applied knowledge.
As future engineers, we believe our students can produce creative solutions for present or upcoming challenges. Being the 1st woman to be elected as Dean of
ISEP, I also know women have a role to play in engineering, at all levels, from the factory-floor up to top-level management positions.
These two core beliefs were the driving motivation behind two recent personal editorial contributions: one to the book “Rising to the Top – global women
engineering leaders”, promoted by the GEDC, and another to the book “UN75 – sustainable engineering in action”, promoted by the Institute of Civil Engineers,
from the UK.
I strongly believe that promoting engineering as a fundamental vehicle to achieve sustainable development, in worldwide terms, and women as natural
participants of that effort, are two pillars leading to a better world.
My application to collaborate as a member of the GEDC Executive Committee is a unique opportunity to defend those two fundamental beliefs, together with all
partners over the world.
152021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Dongsheng Wen
Beihang University
China
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Dongsheng Wen received his BEng in Aeronautics (1997), MSc in Thermophysics (2000) and DPhil in Engineering Science (2003) from Beihang University,
Tsinghua University and the University of Oxford, respectively. After 2 years’ post-doc work in University of Leeds, he started independent academic career as
Lecturer (06-08), Senior Lecturer (08-09) and Reader in Future Energy (09-12) in Queen Mary University of London, and appointed as Chair Professor in University
of Leeds in 2013. In 2016, he took up a Professorship as the Director of Aerospace Centre of Thermophyiscs and Dean of the School of Aeronautic Science and
Engineering (since 2021 as the Dean of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Research Centre) , and the School of General Engineering, Beihang University, while
maintaining an Adjunct Professor position at the University of Leeds.
His research is focused on heat: how heat is produced, transported, stored and utilized across different materials scales with targeted applications in energy,
aerospace, and medicine areas. In addition to fundamental study, he is one of the leading authorities in developing nanofluids technology, i.e., engineered
stable nanoparticle dispersions for heat transfer and energy applications (from 2003); He pioneered a novel nanofuel concept by using controlled oxidation and
combustion of nanoscale materials for enhanced propulsion and energy storage (from 2007); systematically studied the interactions of nanoparticles with an
external wave (i.e., EM wave, UV, Vis, solar energy, ultrasound) for nanomedicine and solar energy applications (from 2011,coined as nanowave).
He is elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2010) and Energy Institute (2011), a recipient of ERC-consolidator grant (2015) and a member of the
seventh discipline consultative group of Academic Degree Committee of State Council of China (2018-2020). His research produced three patents and 260
referred journal publications, with total citation of ~16000 and current H-index = 55 (Google Scholar), and delivered 28 keynote/invited talks in international
conferences. He is the Editor-in-Chief of , and Associate Editor of and .
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As a leading researcher, visionary leader and passionate educator with deep knowledge in high education sectors in both UK and China, I believe that I can
contribute greatly to the development of GEDC globally. A very short summary of myself:
• Successful Researcher: DPhil from the University of Oxford; Chair Professor at the University of Leeds at the age of 36; Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
and Energy Institute; Recipient of the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant; ~280 SCI publications with citation of ~16000,
H-index=55;
• Visionary Leader: Act as the Associate President International of a top University in China, Beihang University (formerly Beijing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics -BUAA), and lead the development of BUAA’s International strategy. Act as the Dean of the School of Aeronautical Science and Engineering, the
best one in China, and responsible for its overall development from teaching to research.
• Passionate Educator: Familiar with both teaching in the UK and China. Act as the Dean and the founder of a new school, School of General Engineering, BUAA,
one of the earliest in China piloting full English teaching. It aims to learn the pros and cons of both Chinese and international high education in engineering,
and establish China’s own way of international engineering teaching. I am responsible for its vision and overall development. I have developed a new
curriculum and set I4L as the School’s education philosophy: International, Interdisciplinary, Innovative, Integration and Leadership.
I believe that it is very timely for GEDC to have a fresh look at its ambition and strategy: to articulate concisely what we need to achieve internationally, why we
need to do so, how we should do it, and what KPIs we plan to use to monitor and measure success. We are in the era of rapid change and one inevitable trend is
the internationalization. An increasingly globalised environment has offered a wide range of opportunities and incentives for international research collaboration
and transnational education. This requires us to think beyond the box, and to consider various options in strategically important countries and regions, developing
a market-responsive model to support high-quality future engineering education, and working with local and regional organizations, governments and other
partners to enhance the influence of GEDC, a leading organization in pioneering future engineering education globally.
Based on these considerations, I put myself as a candidate for the Executive committee member of GEDC. I believe that I can contribute greatly to GEDC’s
development globally especially in China and Asia.
162021 GEDC Elections
Candidate for Executive Committee
Yannis Yortsos
USC Viterbi
United States of America
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Yannis C. Yortsos is the Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the Zohrab Kaprielian Chair in Engineering, a position he holds since 2005. Prior
to that he served from 2001 to 2005 as Associate Dean and then as Sr. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Yortsos served as chair of the Department of
Chemical Engineering between 1991 and 1997 and in 1995 he was appointed to the Chester Dolley Professorship. He received a BS (Diploma) degree in Chemical
Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and MS and PhD degrees from the California Institute of Technology, all in chemical
engineering. His research area is in fluid flow, transport and reaction processes in porous media with specific application to the subsurface. He was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering in 2008, where he has also served as secretary, vice-chair and chair of Section 11. His election citation reads: “For fundamental
advances in fluid flow, transport, and reactions in porous media applied to the recovery of subsurface resources.” Since July 2017, Yortsos serves as a member of
the NAE Council. In 2011 he was awarded the distinction of honorary member of the AIME, in 2013 he was elected as Associate member of the Academy of Athens,
in 2014 he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and since 2017 he holds an honorary degree from Tsinghua University.
He served on the NRC Committees for the 2017 report on a New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research as well as the 2017 report on The Value of Social,
Behavioral, and Economic Sciences to National Priorities and completed a three-year term as member of the NSF Engineering Advisory Committee. As dean of
engineering, he articulated in 2008 the concept of Engineering+, positioning engineering as the enabling discipline of our times, and has been actively engaged
in the effort to “change the conversation about engineering”.
Along with colleagues at Duke University and Olin College, he co-founded in 2009 the Global Grand Challenges Scholars Program. He organized and hosted at USC
in Fall 2010 the NAE Second Grand Challenges Summit, which spurred in 2013 the Global Grand Challenges Summits. These are bi-annual meetings of the NAE,
the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, on the organizing committees of which he has continuously served. Between 2012
and 2017, Yortsos was the chair of the Diversity Committee of the Engineering Deans Council, in which capacity he has spearheaded an engineering diversity
initiative, now adopted by more than 230 engineering deans nationwide. In recognition of these initiatives, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering received in 2017
the ASEE President’s Award.
Yortsos is the PI of the NSF I-Corps Innovation Node Los Angeles, established in 2014 as a partnership between USC, Caltech and UCLA, and also the PI of the NSF
Gender Equity Initiative EDGE. Between 2011 and 2017 he served on the Executive Committee of the Engineering Deans Council (2011-2017) and on the Executive
Committee of the Global Engineering Deans Council (2012-2016). Following the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic he led, since April 2020, the National Academy of
Engineering Call to Action Against COVID.
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The world is changing exponentially fast with technological innovation as the driving force. Indeed, with the rate of innovation being proportional to the state of
innovation, a continuing “Moore’s law-type” exponential growth, if not faster, will continue to apply. And in conjunction with the post-COVID realities, engineering
education and research will need to constantly adapt and evolve. How we educate our engineering students and how we balance skills with knowledge and
mindsets will be the continuing challenge we are going to face in engineering education.
At the same time, the incredible opportunities offered by these exponentially changing innovations will help address realistically the solution of grand challenges,
like the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges or the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These are areas where an enhanced view
of engineering, namely the idea of engineering +, but one that also includes a much more human-centric component, is valuable, applicable, necessary and
unavoidable.
The power of technological progress will inevitably and increasingly probe the technology-human interface, where fundamental issues from the role of AI to
consciousness to what it means to be human in a pervasive technological world will be continuously explored. Moreover, powerful unintended consequences
will continue to arise, bringing to the fore ethical and moral issues. These will be best addressed by engineering graduates who are diverse and inclusive, global
citizens, graduates who are trustworthy, possessing character in addition to technical competence.
The resulting challenges for engineering schools, worldwide, will be proportionally hard- but at the same time equally exciting and welcoming. Having spent 16
years as engineering dean at USC, and also having been part of the GEDC Executive Committee during another time (2012-2016) where such challenges were
forming I feel that the timing is again ripe for contributing to the global future of engineering education and research. To help steer an agenda of growth and to
continue contributing to the change of the conversation about engineering: Who we are, what we do and what we look like.
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