About IFEES

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About IFEES – International Federation of Engineering Education Societies

During the 5th Annual Global Colloquium on Engineering Education of the ASEE – American Society for Engineering Education in Rio de Janeiro the founding meeting of IFEES took place on the 9th of October 2006. Approximately 35 representatives from worldwide acting engineering education societies were invited. The president and the members of the executive committee were elected after an introduction round. Prof. Claudio Borri was elected president of IFEES for the period 2007/09. Prof. Norbert Kraker, the IGIP president, was elected to the executive committee and he is one of the vice-presidents of IFEES. This is an honour for IGIP and a confirmation of the importance of the engineering education, especially engineering pedagogy.The objectives of the IFEES are:

  • Global promotion of engineering education.
     

  • Enhancement of quality of engineering education by the worldwide co-operation of the members of international engineering education societies in all aspects, in particular:

    • teaching styles

    • curriculum development

IFEES aims to serve a global community engaged in engineering education providing a knowledge network and supporting cultural understanding and the acceptance of the differences.

Members of the Executive Committee of IFEES:

  1. President of IFEES: C. Borri, President of SEFI, Italy

  2. J. Melsa, President elect, ASEE, USA

  3. M. Jones, President of IACEE, Imp. College, UK

  4. L. Morell, HP (Puerto Rico & USA)

  5. N. Ramananda Shetty, President, Indian Society for Technical Education, India

  6. Q. Lei, Secr. General, Chinese Society for Engineering Education, China

  7. Sun Kim, South Korea

  8. N. Kraker, President of IGIP, Austria

  9. S. Madonsela, President, South African Council of Engineers, South Africa

  10. Y. Pocholkov, Rector of TPU & President of Russian Association for Engineering Education, Russia

  11. J. Paez, President of ASIBEI, Colombia

  12. M. Lorrando-Petrie, Representative of LACCEI, Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions, Boca Raton, USA

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