REGISTRATION OPEN – LOOK!!

Registration is Open! 4rdAnnual Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education and Faculty Institute June 3-4th, 2011 Union College, Schenectady, NY www.union.edu/integration   Please join us for an exciting fourth annual symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education. The program includes a keynote talk by Dr. David Ferrucci, Semantic Analysis and Integration Department, IBM Watson Research Center. …

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10th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education

October 24-27, 2011 Shanghai, China Shanghai International Conference Center The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) invites you to the annual Global Colloquium, which brings together the world’s leaders in engineering education. This year’s Colloquium will take place in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai International Conference Center. This year, ASEE is partnering with Shanghai Jiao …

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digital kids –> a new kind of education

Check this out!!  I love it – these children, grades 6 – 12 are our future (needless to say). The new learning model is called “Quest to Learn” Started in 2006, the design is all about innovation, and capitalizing on the kids innate curiosity and energy with the hope to instill a love of life …

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DEADLINE EXTENDED CFP, Symposium on Engineering & Liberal Education

Call for Participation – new deadline 2/23 4rdAnnual Symposium on Engineering & Liberal Education and Integrate to Innovate Faculty Institute June 3-4th, 2011 Union College, Schenectady, NY www.union.edu/integration Union College will host the fourth annual symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education this spring to continue the discussion of the rationale for and methods of integrating …

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CFP Service Science Track of the Annual INFORMS Meeting in Charlotte, NC

The construction of the Service Science Track of the Annual INFORMS Meeting in Charlotte, NC is underway.  We need session chairs and papers.  Please consider participating in one of these capacities. — Ralph D. Badinelli, Professor, Virginia Tech; Secretary, SRII Past Chair, INFORMS Service Science Section; ralphb@vt.edu (540) 231-7688 Department of Business Information Technology Pamplin …

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Article: Growing Imperative for Innovation Scientists and Engineers

Go here to read the article. at “Blogging Innovation” Paul Hobcraft runs Agility Innovation, an advisory business that stimulates sound innovation practice, researches topics that relate to innovation for the future, as well as aligning innovation to organizations core capabilities. Quote: “What are the disciplines required to be mastered? There is a real need to …

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